THE LOONY LEFT

Apparently it is now wrong to refer to children as being ‘gifted’ or ‘talented’.

Howard Cooper, the director of education for the Labour Wirral council, has issued a diktat in a report which condemns the terms: ‘The most significant amendment concerns terminology, with a movement away from term “gifted and talented” because of its suggestion of exclusiveness and relatively narrow scope. The recommended alternative term for the cohort of pupils for whom this document applies is “very able, with specific gifts and talents”, to be shortened for ease of use to “very able”.’

A cynic from the NAS/UWT teachers’ union, commented that: ‘Normally when they change the name of something, they are going to reduce funding for it.’