Children’s Secretary Ed Balls said that a move away from mass testing of pupils at a particular time of year to testing when they are ready would be introduced if trials were successful. But shadow children’s secretary Michael Gove said the move could mean that testing became less rigorous. Branding the Children’s Plan an “underwhelming collage with no underlying vision”, Gove said that the government had missed a great opportunity to deliver a world-class education system. And teaching unions said the move did not...