Find out how much
children and young people enjoyed reading in 2012. The report includes
information on how often they read in their free time, what types of formats
they read outside class, and what they thought about reading.
The report reveals
that children and young people are reading less and more are embarrassed to
be seen reading, while many also believe that their parents don’t care if
they spend time reading. However, not only are children and young people
reading less and developing more negative attitudes towards reading, but
there is also a clear correlation between this and their performance in
reading tests.
These findings are
compared with those from the two previous years and are also broken down by
gender, key stage, free school meal uptake and ethnic background. The
relationship to writing attainment is also explored.
This report
outlines findings about children’s and young people’s reading from our third
annual literacy survey conducted in November/December 2012. 34,910 young
people aged eight to 16 participated.