Employers and organisations such as the Confederation of British Industry have called for a greater emphasis on core literary skills, arguing that if individuals don't have them it not only affects their employability but also the wider economy.
A report by the KPMG Foundation, the grant-making organisation for education and social projects, has also found that children who are unable to read confidently are more likely to truant from school, which can snowball into greater social exclusion in adulthood.
Initiatives outside of school can complement academic teaching and learning within school hours. The most effective of these programmes reap rewards through involving the family, local services and the wider community.
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