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This report outlines findings from our 2026 Annual Literacy Survey exploring children and young people’s engagement towards poetry.View details about Children and young people's engagement with poetry in 2026 -
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In 2026, we combined surveys, focus groups and interviews to explore changing use of, and attitudes to, generative AI among young people, teachers and parents.View details about Young people, teachers' and parents' use of AI to support literacy in 2026 -
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This report outlines findings from our 2026 Annual Literacy Survey, exploring children and young people’s writing enjoyment in their free time.View details about Children and young people's writing in 2026 -
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Drawing on open-ended responses from 55,075 8 to 18 year-olds who took part in the 2025 Annual Literacy Survey, this report explores what children and young people told us, in their...View details about Why children and young people do or do not engage with writing in their free time -
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This report examines children and young people's perceptions of their emotional and cognitive engagement with writing in school, and their views on and engagement with writing...View details about Children and young people’s writing in school in 2025 -
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The 2025 findings show that a sizeable proportion of children and young people choose to read or write poetry in their free time, underlining its lasting relevance in their lives.View details about Children and young people's engagement with poetry in 2025 -
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Findings suggest that when approached within contexts that foster creativity, self-expression, reflection and choice, poetry supports wellbeing.View details about The Role of Poetry in Supporting Wellbeing: Children and Young People’s Perspectives -
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These reports share findings on young people and teachers' use of generative AI to support literacy in 2025.View details about Young people and teachers’ use of generative AI to support literacy in 2025 -
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This report builds on our previous research exploring children and young people’s writing engagement, focusing on writing in free time in early 2025.View details about Children and young people's writing in 2025 -
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Words Rising is a project delivered by the National Literacy Trust in partnership with Anawim Women’s Centre. This report presents insight from 107 participants and 13 authors who...View details about Words Rising Evaluation -
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A report exploring engagement with poetry in all its forms, demonstrating the important role poetry can play in the lives of our children and young people.View details about ‘Where a quiet voice can become a loud voice’ Children, Young People and Poetry in 2024 -
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These reports share findings on children, young people and teachers' use of, and attitudes to, generative AI and literacy in 2024View details about Children, young people and teachers’ use of generative AI to support literacy in 2024 -
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This report builds on our previous research exploring children and young people’s writing enjoyment at school and in their free time in early 2024.View details about Children and young people’s writing in 2024 -
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Three reports outlining findings from our 2023 Annual Literacy Survey for TeachersView details about Teachers and reading, writing and whole-school literacy in 2023 -
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This report brings together insights from the various writing programmes that sit within Young Writers to highlight the important role they can play in the lives of children and...View details about The Impact of Writing for Enjoyment Programmes -
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This report highlights insight from children and young people about their reading and writing of song lyrics in 2023. The report also reviews evaluation findings from eight...View details about Lyrics in focus -
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These reports outlines findings from our 2023 Annual Literacy Survey, focusing on reading and writing in children and young people aged 8 to 18 in Scotland.View details about Children and young people's reading and writing in Scotland in 2023 -
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As part of our Libraries for Primaries campaign, we launch an updated evidence review for the need for and impact of school libraries, and our evaluation report, summarising the...View details about Libraries for Primaries: Evaluation and Evidence Review -
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1 in 4 (26.7%) children and young people said they read poetry in their free time at least once a month in 2023.View details about Children and young people's engagement with poetry in 2023 -
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A summary report of how our evidence-based Young Writers programme is supporting schools to develop lasting writing-for-enjoyment practices with the view that every young person is...View details about Programmatic approaches to supporting writing for enjoyment -
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This report explores findings from our 2023 Annual Literacy Survey, which found that just a third of children and young people aged 8 to 18 said they enjoyed writing, one of the...View details about Children and young people’s writing in 2023
