Research reports

This report focuses on the 2 in 5 girls in the UK aged 8 to 18 who said that they don't enjoy reading.

The impact of book gifting on children and young people’s reading engagement

Evidence from across the sector and submissions from teachers to give an idea of the current situation in primary school libraries; the benefits they bring to pupils and the...

This report outlines children and young people's feelings about reading in early 2021, a period that coincided with the third national lockdown in the UK.

This report, commissioned by World Book Day, captures children’s perceptions of how the event supports their reading opportunities and influences their developing reading identities.

This report outlines findings from our Annual Literacy Survey exploring children and young people’s literacy-related interactions in relation to video games in early 2021.

Report on children and young people's engagement with audiobooks based on our 2021 Annual Literacy Review

Our new report commissioned by Tonies shows how audiobooks can help build reading engagement with younger children

This report explores the role that digital tools and resources can play in addressing the gender and disadvantage gap in young people’s literacy attitudes and outcomes, combining...

Our new research into diversity in children’s literature shows that a third of children don’t see themselves in books they read

In celebration of 75 years of Pippi Longstocking, we look at some key findings on girls and aspirations

Our new research finds that an increase in children and young people listening to podcasts during lockdown could have led to wider benefits for their reading engagement, with...

The National Literacy Trust was commissioned to explore the impact of the Bookmark Reading programme on children’s reading skills and engagement in the 2019/20 academic year.

This report evaluates the impact of the National Literacy Trust’s Everyone Ready for School programme in Darlington which ran for two years from 2018 to 2020 with evaluation...

This report outlines findings from our survey exploring young people’s literacy-related interactions both within, and in relation to, video games.

This paper from the National Literacy Trust and Nottingham Trent University explores how children on free school meals use their school library and how this links to their literacy...

This report outlines findings from our tenth Annual Literacy Survey relating to children and young people’s reading in 2020, in addition to findings from our survey of children and...

This report outlines findings from our tenth Annual Literacy Survey relating to children and young people’s engagement with audiobooks in 2020, alongside findings from our survey of...

This report explores the relationship between aspirations, literacy and gender for young people and adults.

This report outlines findings from our ninth Annual Literacy Survey relating to children and young people’s reading in 2019.

This literature review provides an overview of research exploring the role of audiobooks in supporting children’s literacy both at home and in the classroom.