Gifted, possibly not, but why can´t public school meet her needs?

UK parents claim that their child is gifted, that the public system cannot meet her needs and that their only option is to go to the private sector. This raises so many questions.

Failing up

Apparently my earlier posts on mediocre hires in education and the re-appearing of poor teachers may have hit a nerve. Today, I was sent a somewhat academic discussion of the phenomenon in the real world.