* In 2023, 27% of 11 year olds left primary school in England not meeting the expected literacy standard.

* In 2024, it was estimated that 18% of working age adults (16-65 years old) in England suffer from "functional illiteracy" condition. This means they can understand short straightforward texts on familiar topics accurately and independently but reading extensive texts from unfamiliar sources or on unfamiliar topics could cause problems.

* Of the 76131 of 8-18-year-olds surveyed by the National Literacy Trust in 2024, only 1 in 5 (20.5%) responded that they read daily, and only 1 in 9 (11%) said they wrote daily in their free time, the lowest level recorded since 2005.