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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.
The school policy needs to reflect what the school is doing to support gifted and talented learners. It should refer to local authority input, the individual school approach and how the policy relates to the inclusion agenda. It will also need to include working with parents and additional organisations and specialists.
The policy should illustrate:
- the overall ethos and approach to G&T in the school
- how G&T within the school is managed
- what the school means by G&T. An agreed definition is needed which can be used by all staff
- how the school identifies G&T students
- the different types of provision made available for these learners which should also indicate how support is tailored for individuals, both within and beyond the classroom
- the various teaching and learning approaches, including teaching styles, use of resources and activities and whether streaming is used. How are these distinctive?
- how provision is tailored to meet the needs of identified groups within the G&T group, e.g. those from disadvantaged backgrounds, new arrivals, or those with EAL
- the relationship dynamics with parents and organisations
- the training of teachers and staff development to support the implementation of the policy
- approaches to monitoring and evaluation.
Relevant 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 profile – Template form to profile gifted and talented students and set appropriate targets.
- G&T transition information – Template form to list attainment levels of gifted and talented students on their transfer to secondary education to ensure provision is continued.
- The role of the Gifted and Talented Children Co-ordinator – This guidance is intended to help co-ordinators for gifted and talented pupils in their role in setting up the Excellence in Cities programme for gifted and talented pupils.
- Gifted and talented provision - draft policy – Draft policy document for gifted and talented provision in the primary school.
- Mentoring able underachievers – Mentoring able underachivers.
- Oxford Brookes - gifted and talented professional development – Professional development materials on gifted and talented provision.
- School Improvement and Excellence – Introducing the School Improvement Team.
- Institutional Quality Standard – Institutional Quality Standard.
- The Scottish Centre for Research in Education – Research on education in Scotland.
- Specialist Schools and Academies Trust – Information about the Specialists Schools Trust.
- 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.
- Guidance on teaching the gifted and talented – Gifted and talented and the national curriculum.
- National Curriculum - whole school information – Gifted and talented and the national curriculum.
- ECHA - European Council for High Ability: – European council for high ability.
- Gifted Education: The English Model (Summary) – information from the National Academy for Gifted and Talented Youth.
- Case studies of gifted and talented – Case studies on gifted and talented.
- Meeting the needs of newly arrived EAL learners – How to support EAL learners.