The Daily Telegraph reported on Saturday that one in five primary schools is still refusing to identify its brightest students for extra attention to develop their special skills. The reason given is "philosophical issues", that it ideological or political convictions. The extra time for pupils has to be found, admittedly, after school and at week-ends.
A 1999 Act, aimed at encouraging parents of the most intelligent children to send their children to state schools rather than private schools, required this commitment from schools.
So one in five primary schools is breaking the law in refusing to identify and nominate pupils for the government's "gifted and talented" scheme. (In secondary education only 5% of schools fail to comply.)
As head teachers and their staff are presumably aware of the directive, then they should be subjected to discipline if they continue to defy the law. Otherwise the consequence is anarchy, - observing the rules you like and ignoring those you do not.
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