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Chapter One Impact Report 2024-25

Chapter One's 2024-25 Impact Report, published in February 2026, shares evaluation results from all three of its reading programmes for the first time. In 2024-25 the charity supported 3,388 children through Online Reading Volunteers, Early Literacy Intervention and Book Clubs, with 2,957 volunteers from 149 corporate partners giving the equivalent of 2.8 years of reading support in one academic year. In the Online Reading Volunteers programme 88% of children increased by at least one reading level and 91% improved their reading knowledge and functional skills; in the Early Literacy Intervention 95% of children passed their national Phonics Screening Check; and the Book Club pilot was evaluated by the Open University's Reading for Pleasure Unit.

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Chapter One is a children's literacy charity that pairs volunteers from businesses with disadvantaged children for one-to-one online reading support, alongside early literacy intervention and book clubs in UK primary schools.

Key Metrics

3,388 children supported
2,957 volunteers from 149 corporate partners
88% of children (Online Reading Volunteers) went up at least one reading level

Key Outcomes

  • 95% of Early Literacy Intervention children passed the Phonics Screening Check
  • 91% improved reading knowledge and functional skills
  • 2.8 years' worth of reading support given in one academic year

Geography

UK-Wide

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