It follows an evaluation in May which found that children who receivedone-to-one support from specially trained teachers were around one yearahead of those in schools where the programme is not available (News, 15May).
Children's secretary Ed Balls unveiled two new schemes to boost literacyand numeracy skills in primary schools. Every Child a Writer, whichtargets seven- to eight-year-olds, will provide intensive support forchildren falling behind in writing and will be piloted in 135 schoolsfrom September.
Every Child Counts, an intensive support programme targeted atsix-year-olds who are struggling with maths, will be piloted in 21 localauthorities. Both schemes are to be run nationwide by 2011.
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