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Make reading a separate subject on the national curriculum

Submitted by Lucy Clare Hawker on Wednesday 26th March 2025

Published on Wednesday 30th April 2025

Current status: Closed

Closed: Thursday 30th October 2025

Signatures: 18

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2024 ~ Child ~ Create ~ level ~ National Curriculum ~ Reading ~ The National ~ trust

Petition Action

Make reading a separate subject on the national curriculum

Petition Details

This could create a lesson where a child reads a book for a set amount of time.

Additional Information

Because according to the National Literacy Trust in 2024, only 1 in 5 (20.5%) 8- to 18-year-olds said they read something daily in their free time in 2024, the lowest level since 2005, with daily reading levels decreasing by 7.5 percentage points in the last year alone.


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