Literacy news

Literacy news covers the latest news from the media and other sources, as well as updates on NLT activity. The most recent headlines are listed below and you can browse archived news by moving through the page numbers at the bottom of the page.

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• 02Sep2011
  Pledge to donate now and we can quadruple your donation

  Quadruple your donation by pledging to support the National Literacy Trust now through the Big Give Christmas Challenge

  Posted by Fiona Lewis

• 31Aug2011
  Father and son raise over £750 to support our work

  Father and son team Alex and Tom Dewar recently cycled 983 miles from John O’Groats to Land’s End to raise valuable funds for our work in disadvantaged communities across the UK.

  Posted by Fiona Lewis

• 25Aug2011
  National Literacy Trust vacancy

  The National Literacy Trust is looking to appoint a Head of Development, to work with the Director as a member of the senior development team.

  Posted by Anna Lindsay

• 23Aug2011
  Skills, aspiration and poverty: new research

  Two new research reports highlight the role of literacy, skills and aspirations in plans to address poverty.

  Posted by Emily McCoy

• 22Aug2011
  The Reads and the Read-Nots

  New National Literacy Trust research* of 18,141 children reveals a polarised nation of young readers with 1 in 6 reporting that they don’t read a single book in a month, while 1 in 10 say they read more than 10 books in a month.

  Posted by Anna Lindsay

• 18Aug2011
  A-level pass rate rises for 29th year in a row

  Hundreds of young people across the country are celebrating today as the overall A-level pass rate rose for the 29th year in a row, with 97.8 per cent of A-level entries receiving at least an E - up from 97.6 per cent last summer.

  Posted by Anna Lindsay

• 15Aug2011
  Kick off the new term with our football resources

  The English football season opened this week. If you think your pupils will start the new term more interested in football than reading, find out more about our Premier League Reading Stars project.

  Posted by Anna Lindsay

• 15Aug2011
  Love Rugby: Love Reading – download our free World Cup toolkit

  The Rugby World Cup kicks off in New Zealand at the start of the new term.

  Posted by Anna Lindsay

• 08Aug2011
  Negative reception for Government’s library blueprint

  Libraries should be run by the private sector with self-service borrowing points in shops and village halls, according to the report from the Future Libraries Programme.

  Posted by Anna Lindsay

• 08Aug2011
  Publishers laud prospect of “TV Kids Book Club”

  Publishers have welcomed the news that Amanda Ross, Cactus TV Managing Director, may launch a television programme dedicated to children’s books.

  Posted by Anna Lindsay