Literacy in the UK

1 in ............. adults in England have very poor literacy skills.

• 6

• 4

• 10

• 8

1 in ..................... adults in Wales lack basic literacy skills.

• 3

• 10

• 8

• 5

"In the UK, what percent of all employment requires employees to be able to read?

• 98%

• 95%

• 85%

• 73%

(fill in the blank) ........................ of white working-class boys fail to achieve the government’s benchmark at the age of 16.

• the majority

• three quarters

• half

• one third

what is the estimated yearly cost of functional illiteracy to the UK economy (World Literacy Foundation)?

• £37bn

• £27bn

• £49bn

• £65bn

England’s nine and 10-year-olds have taken ................................place in a major international literacy study comparing the reading ability of children of the same age in 43 different countries.

• 10th

• 4th

• 11th

• 8th

How many young offenders have reading skills below those of the average 7-year-old?

• A quarter

• A third

• Half

• Two thirds

.........................................% of children and young people aged 8 to 18 said they enjoyed reading in their free time in 2023

• 38.5

• 25.2

• 43.4

• 67.1

• 30% of ............................................ pupils met the expected standard, the lowest percentage out of all ethnic groups in literacy

• • White Gypsy and Roma

• Black Caribbean

• Black African

• Indian

........................................of the working-age population have the numeracy skills of primary school children.

• Majority

• One third

• Two thirds

• Half