School staff asked to drop ‘good’ and ‘bad’ when addressing pupil behaviour

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The head teacher of a Loughborough school says he stands by his decision to change the language used in class to discipline pupils. Staff at Amherst School in the town are being ask to drop words like ‘good’ and ‘bad’ and use other words instead. Some critics have accused the school of political correctness but headteacher Dr Julian Murphy told BBC Radio Leicester's Rupal Rajani it makes sense.