Our series of reports under the ‘Impact in Practice’ banner are designed to help schools learn about what is working in other schools, particularly as they navigate the challenges of pandemic recovery. The first of these focused on the link between disadvantage, learning and wellbeing, and our latest, ‘Reading Well’, explores the link between reading and wellbeing. It focuses on understanding when, how and why children read and what schools and parents can do to promote reading in support of wellbeing and learning.
By partnering with the National Literacy Trust, Place2Be and Innovations for Learning UK, the Reading Well project was able to gather data from over 80,000 pupils across England. And the results highlight some striking trends, particularly in relation to gender differences.
