He had gone to a secondary modern school and had been transferred as a late developer.
The concept of the late developer is not merely an idle concept.
It is possible that he is a late developer.
Often the late developer, the boy of character who somehow, rather mysteriously, fails to pass examinations, is recognised as a scholastic type.
That provides considerable opportunity for any chlid, if he is a late developer, to get into the proper place in keeping with his ability.
You may have either the brilliant young man coming on at an early stage, or you may have a late developer.
If they had flung aside their late developer, goodness knows where they would have been today.
As to the six-month unfair dismissal rule, only too often this is too short a time for the late developer.