The National Literacy Trust's Annual Literacy Survey has provided essential data on literacy behaviours, attitudes and enjoyment levels for children and young people aged 9 to 18 since 2005. With over 56,000 children and young people taking part this year alone, it is the largest study of its kind anywhere in the world. In 2019, the Trust developed a version of the survey for younger children to gain an insight into the levels of reading and writing enjoyment, and attitudes and behaviours of children aged 5 to 8. This report provides the benchmark on young children's reading and writing against which to scope future annual trends of children's literacy levels. It will present general trends on reading and writing enjoyment, behaviours and attitudes, as well astaking a closer look at the findings by gender and by literacy engagement. [Support provided by McDonald's.]