More than 9,000 fewer pupils were put on the Reading Recovery programme last year, despite evidence showing the long-lasting impact the scheme is having.
Reading Recovery was set up in 2007 and is a short-term programme for children who have the lowest achievement in literacy learning after one year at school.
A monitoring report has found that almost 80 per cent of pupils on the programme go on to achieve Level 4 in reading at the end of primary school.
However, changes in government funding arrangements across England have led to a significant drop in pupils being placed on the scheme. In 2010/11 more than 21,000 pupils benefited, but this figure dropped to 11,900 in 2011/12.
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