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This report summarises findings from 17 interviews with parents talking about shared parent-child engagement in early learning. A thematic analysis revealed factors posing...View details about Parents' support for children's early literacy in 2025 - Insights from interviews with parents -
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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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This report explores the findings of a survey conducted with 2,021 parents of children from birth to age five about the home learning environmentView details about Parents' support for young children's literacy at home in 2024 -
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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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An evaluation of The Guardian Foundation's NewsWise programme supporting media literacy in children and families in BirminghamView details about Evaluation of NewsWise in Birmingham -
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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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This evaluation report explores the impact of The Guardian Foundation's Media Literacy Ambassadors programme on young people aged 14 to 18.View details about Behind the Headlines: Media Literacy Ambassadors evaluation -
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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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Report on the confidence of young people aged 16-30 in communicating their opinions on a range of issuesView details about Confident Young Adults: Communication and social, public, and civic engagement -
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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 -
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This report draws on data from our 2023 Annual Literacy Survey, to investigate access to author visits in school, as well as the link between author visits and enjoyment and...View details about Author visits in schools, and children and young people’s reading and writing engagement in 2023 -
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This report from our 2022 Annual Literacy Survey explores how children and young people are listening to audio and engaging with stories and information through audiobooks and...View details about Children and young people’s listening in 2022 -
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Our second report research looking at diversity and children and young people's reading and writing shows that 2 in 5 (38.9%) find it difficult to find books with characters or...View details about Seeing yourself in what you read: diversity and children and young people’s reading in 2022
