Fewer than three in 10 young people aged between eight and 18 enjoy writing in their free time, survey suggests.
Children’s futures are being “put at risk” as the number enjoying writing in their spare time has plummeted to an “unprecedented low”, a charity has warned.
Only one in nine said they write daily in their free time, compared to 19.3% last year, the survey found. It comes after 71% of children in England met the expected standard in writing in the Key Stage 2 Sats in 2023, compared to 78% in 2019. Two in three children between the ages of five and eight enjoy writing in their free time, but this decreases as they get older, according to the survey.The report also found that children’s enjoyment of writing at school, rather than in their free time, has increased over the past year.
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