National Literacy Trust：2025年英国家长对低龄儿童居家读写能力支持报告（英文版）（23页）.pdf

1、 Parents support for young children s literacy at home in 202 5 Iulia Moisi,Christina Clark,Katerina Stoumpou&Irene Picton March 2026 National Literacy Trust 2026 1 The resources,relationships and routines that children experience at home play a key role in supporting their learning and development.

2、This includes access to books and other materials,as well as the ways parents and carers engage with children through conversations,shared activities and positive attitudes toward learning1.These forms of support are especially influential in the early years but continue to shape childrens progress,

3、wellbeing and future opportunities throughout childhood and adolescence2.Importantly,research shows that what parents do with their children has a greater impact than their background or circumstances3.Given th is vital role,recent national outcomes paint a mixed picture.In 2025,69.7%of the UKs chil

4、dren achieved expected communication,language and literacy (CLL)levels at the end of Reception,a slight increase from last years 69.2%.However,3 in 10 children(30.1%)did not reach these expected levels,rising to almost 1 in 2(47.5%)among children eligible for free school meals(FSM).While overall att

5、ai nment has inched upward,fewer children eligible for FSM met expected CLL standards compared with the previous year.This widened the gap between FSM and non-FSM children to 21.4 percentage points,the largest difference in four years.At the same time,recent UK-based longitudinal research found dram

6、atic differences in reported daily reading among parents of 2-year-olds based on income,with 77%of those from the highest-income quartile reading with their child daily compared with 32%of parents from the lowest income quartile4.These inequalities underscore the importance of strengthening support