Garstang Community Academy bucks national trend in literacy survey

Garstang Community Academy bucks national trend in literacy survey

A recent national literacy survey paints a worrying picture of children's engagement with reading. The National Literacy Trust's 2024 findings, as they put it, "stands out for all the wrong reasons when it comes to children and young people’s reading."

Declining U.S. literacy rates show that humanities majors should not be discounted

The 2025 National Report Card shows continued declines in reading for students in the United States, with average reading scores decreasing by two points for fourth and eighth grade compared to 2022. This worsens the three-point decline seen in these grades in 2022 when compared to 2019. This concerning trend is also reflected in adults in the U.S. According to the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), the number of adults performing …