Research and policy

Your research reports are relevant, succinct and readable. They enable me to keep up-to-date with literacy trends without having to trawl through pages of documentation.
Barbara Band, LRC Manager, The Emmbrook School, Wokingham

Understanding the implications that research and policy have on practice is key. Below is a bank of articles which will inform and provoke thought regarding literacy practice in schools.

Network other policies:

• 19May2011
  Research: Boys, Girls and Communication. Network members only

  A brief report on the potential differences between boys and girls in terms of their views of communication skills, their confidence in using them and the importance they place on them. Source: National Literacy Trust

• 10May2011
  Research: Young People's Writing: Attitudes, behaviour and the role of technology Network members only

  The first significant UK study on the subject of young people's attitudes towards writing, this report outlines the findings from 3001 pupils aged 8 to 16 from England and Scotland, who completed an online survey in May 2009. Source: National Literacy

• 09May2011
  Policy: Literacy in the Big Society Network members only

  An evidence-based evaluation of what the Big Society means for literacy. Source: National Literacy Trust

• 06May2011
  Policy: The Importance of Teaching: The Schools White Paper 2011 Network members only

  The Schools White Paper (now the Education Bill), now in the report stage as it progresses through Parliament. Source: Department for Education

• 04Apr2011
  Policy: Independent Review of the Early Years Foundation Stage curriculum Network members only

  An independent review of the Early Years Foundation Stage curriculum, by Dame Claire Tickell. Source: Department for Education