Action to boost early writing, reading and maths skills
27/09/2007
DEPARTMENT FOR CHILDREN, SCHOOLS AND FAMILIES News Release (2007/0171) issued by The Government News Network on 26 September 2007
Ed Balls, Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, today announced a new programme of intensive support for writing in primary schools - Every Child A Writer.
He also announced the roll out of intensive support and one-to-one tuition in reading and maths: Every Child A Reader and Every Child Counts.
The Government will invest £144 million over the next three years into rolling out nationally the Every Child A Reader (ECAR) and Every Child Counts (ECC) programmes.
By 2011, 30,000 seven-year-olds who need help with maths and 30,000 six-year-olds who have difficulty reading will get intensive one-to-one tuition through ECAR and ECC each year. By the end of 2010/11 it is expected there will be 1,600 teachers trained to offer the high level of expertise involved in Every Child Counts and at least 1,800 teachers trained for Every Child A Reader.
This more intensive support is additional to the one-to-one tuition announced by the Prime Minister, which will reach a total of 300,000 primary and secondary school pupils over the three years to 2010/11 in each of English and in maths.
See the full press release at: http://www.wired-gov.net/wg/wg-news-1.nsf/lfi/151964
