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The Impact of Our Work in Communities: Data from the Annual Literacy Survey

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Title: The Impact of Our Work in Communities: Data from the Annual Literacy Survey
Language: English
Authors: Christina Clark, Irene Picton, National Literacy Trust (United Kingdom)
Source: National Literacy Trust. 2024.
Availability: National Literacy Trust. Swire House, 59 Buckingham Gate, London, SW1E 6AJ, UK. Tel: +44-2078-282435; Fax: +44-2079-319986; e-mail: contact@literacytrust.org.uk; Web site: http://www.literacytrust.org.uk
Peer Reviewed: N
Page Count: 19
Publication Date: 2024
Document Type: Reports - Research
Descriptors: Literacy, Economically Disadvantaged, Children, Adolescents, Reading Attitudes, Writing Attitudes, Reading Habits, Reading Motivation, Individual Characteristics, Age, Sex, Socioeconomic Status, Institutional Characteristics, School Location, Foreign Countries
Geographic Terms: United Kingdom (England)
Abstract: National Literacy Trust Hubs are place-based approaches serving 20 communities across the United Kingdom where patterns of intergenerational poverty and low literacy are impacting people's lives. Fourteen of these areas are part of Connecting Stories, an Arts Council England-funded programme. The work operates at two levels--area-wide and a focus on a few of the most deprived wards in each Hub, the 'high-priority wards.' This report explores literacy-engagement levels in children and young people taking part in National Literacy Trust's work in communities facing high economic disadvantages. The data was gathered through the Annual Literacy Survey of children and young people, with a sample of 60,773 8- to 16-year-olds across England. The survey asks about reading and writing enjoyment, frequency, attitudes and motivations, with responses linked to age, gender and socioeconomic background, as well as school type, location and the Hubs' working relationship. Responses from children and young people in high-priority wards show differences in reading engagement compared with those in wider Hub areas and nationally. The findings suggest that while the national picture of reading enjoyment is of great concern, levels of reading enjoyment both at school and in free time are either falling less dramatically than the national picture in our high-priority areas or have even increased over the last year.
Abstractor: ERIC
Entry Date: 2025
Accession Number: ED675282
Database: ERIC
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Abstract:National Literacy Trust Hubs are place-based approaches serving 20 communities across the United Kingdom where patterns of intergenerational poverty and low literacy are impacting people's lives. Fourteen of these areas are part of Connecting Stories, an Arts Council England-funded programme. The work operates at two levels--area-wide and a focus on a few of the most deprived wards in each Hub, the 'high-priority wards.' This report explores literacy-engagement levels in children and young people taking part in National Literacy Trust's work in communities facing high economic disadvantages. The data was gathered through the Annual Literacy Survey of children and young people, with a sample of 60,773 8- to 16-year-olds across England. The survey asks about reading and writing enjoyment, frequency, attitudes and motivations, with responses linked to age, gender and socioeconomic background, as well as school type, location and the Hubs' working relationship. Responses from children and young people in high-priority wards show differences in reading engagement compared with those in wider Hub areas and nationally. The findings suggest that while the national picture of reading enjoyment is of great concern, levels of reading enjoyment both at school and in free time are either falling less dramatically than the national picture in our high-priority areas or have even increased over the last year.