Across the school
"…to identify and provide specifically for gifted and talented pupils… is not just better teaching within existing structures, important as that is, but change in that structure so that the work of teachers has better effect…"
Lord Adonis
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of
State for Schools
For a gifted and talented programme to be successful it needs to be embedded and mapped across the whole school development plan. This requires the support of the head teacher and senior management team and may also require a culture shift within the school.
It is also important that there is a named gifted and talented co-ordinator to manage and drive the programme forward.
The role of the G&T co-ordinator guidance from Oxford Brookes University.
The Institutional Quality Standard is designed as a self-evaluation tool for schools and colleges to use to pinpoint strengths and weaknesses in their provision for gifted and talented learners. It provides a sound basis for an action plan that can be included in the institution's overall improvement plan. It can also be used to support the introduction of personalised education across the whole school or college.
The identification of the gifted and talented cohort and in-school provision forms an integral part of the gifted and talented strand.
Creating a policy
Development of a gifted and talented policy demonstrates a school's commitment to providing learners with the opportunities to excel in the enhancement of their skills and knowledge.
Find out moreMonitoring gifted and talented provision
When students have been identified as gifted and talented, the school needs to ensure the progress of each individual is tracked and monitored, and that there is an appropriate teaching and learning programme in place.
Find out moreTraining colleagues
Teachers working with gifted and talented learners need to know how to provide for these students.
Find out moreRelevant documents and links
- Raising the Achievement of able, Gifted and Talented Pupils – Guidelines for schools to audit and extend existing best practice
- Gifted and talented provision - draft policy – Draft policy document for gifted and talented provision in the primary school.
- Guidance on teaching the gifted and talented (National Curriculum) – Identifying gifted and talented learners: what does gifted and talented mean?
- Oxford Brookes - gifted and talented professional development – Professional development materials on gifted and talented provision.
- QCA site – National Curriculum tasks and tests.
- School Improvement and Excellence – Introducing the School Improvement Team.
- Children of High Intelligence – The Support Society for Children of High Intelligence.
- QCA site – Guidance on teaching G and T - Managing Provision.
- DfES Standards site – Guidance on teaching G and T.
- NACE Challenge Award – NACE Challenge awards.
- Ofsted – Ofsted website.
- Institutional Quality Standard – Institutional Quality Standard.
- European Council for High Ability – European council for high ability website.
- G&TWISE - Support for Gifted and Talented Education – Reviews and recommendations of good resources for gifted and talented.
- Queensland Association for Gifted and Talented Children – open association of people who share a common interest in gifted and talented children.
- The Scottish Centre for Research in Education – Research on education in Scotland.
- Specialist Schools and Academies Trust – Information about the Specialists Schools Trust.
- Gabbitas, Truman and Thring Educational Trust - tomorrow"s achievers initiative. – Masterclasses and provision for gifted and talented pupils.
- World Council for Gifted and Talented Children – International perspectives on gifted and talented.
- The role of the Co-ordinator - Oxford Brookes – What the gifted and talented school coordinator does.
- ECHA - European Council for High Ability: – European council for high ability.
- Case studies of gifted and talented – Case studies on gifted and talented.
- National Association for Able Children in Education – appropriate provision for children to develop their gifts and talents to the maximum.
- National gifted and talented strategy (DCSF) – Latest thinking on current gifted and talented initiatives.
- Teachernet – Information for teachers and schools on education.