One in five 11-year-olds do not meet the expected level in literacy and numeracy at Key Stage 2. Balls has pledged £169m to provide one-to-one tuition to children in danger of falling behind in English and maths and extend programmes such as Every Child a Reader and Every Child a Writer. In total about 23,500 children will be covered by the programmes and Balls said this would rise to more than 100,000 by 2011. In a letter to primary school heads,...