Research reports

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.

We surveyed 56,906 UK children aged 9 to 18 to look into the link between book ownership, reading skills and reading enjoyment.

Since 2012, Books Unlocked has supported people in prisons and young offender institutions to read for enjoyment, to read more often, and to engage with literature.

This report evaluates the impact of the pilot Read for Good Stories in Schools programme on reading engagement during the 2018/19 academic year.

This report evaluates the impact of the National Literacy Trust’s Early Words Together programme for Multilingual Families in Bedford, which ran from 2018 to 2019.

This report uses data from our 2019 Annual Literacy Survey and the Great School Library Campaign to determine how many schools in the UK have had a writer visit in the last year,...

This report outlines findings from our eighth Annual Literacy Survey relating to children and young people’s reading in 2017/18.

Using data from our 2019 Annual Literacy Survey of 56,905 children and young people aged 9 to 18 in the UK, this report suggests that offering children and young people the...

Based on a survey of 219 UK teachers, this report indicates that the majority of teachers believe that technology can have a positive impact on children’s literacy learning.

This report brings together three broad areas of education – reading, financial capability and general academic motivation – to understand how they are related.

In this report, we discuss school libraries from the point of view of children and young people. We explore how many children use school libraries, why they do or do not use them,...

We surveyed 44,097 children aged 8-18 to look into the link between book ownership, literacy engagement and mental wellbeing.

This report explores the link between children and young people’s mental wellbeing and their reading and writing enjoyment, attitudes and behaviours.

This report evaluates the impact of Mrs Wordsmith, an illustrated, data-driven vocabulary programme for children aged 6-13.

The 2017 evaluation of our Books Unlocked programme, which promotes reading for pleasure in prisons, supported by the Man Booker Prize Foundation.

The survey looked at the reading habits of over 4,000 primary school children in 2018

Our evaluation of Early Words Together at Two explores the outcomes of the programme on children, parents, and practitioners.