I am the appointed Gifted and Talented Lead teacher at NHGS-Charlotte Tomlin. I am endeavouring to unravel some of the mysteries surrounding the Gifted and Talented programme and provide key information for parents, pupils and staff alike. I would highly recommend you spend some time following the links to official Gifted and Talented websites.

 

 

 

 

 

The government wishes to identify the top 10% of pupils in schools on a "Gifted and Talented" register via a school census. It is hoped that through this identification pupils will be challenged and pushed to reach their full potential, thus impacting on the numbers of young people moving onto higher education. It is also hoped that pupils will achieve significant, measurable improvement in their attainment, aspirations, motivation and self-esteem .

 

 

'Gifted' learners are those who have abilities in one or more academic subjects, such as Maths and English. 

 

'Talented' learners are those who have particular abilities in sport, music, design or creative and performing arts. It includes those who are vocationally gifted.

 

Other skills such as leadership, decision-making and critical/creative thinking are also taken into account when identifying gifted and talented learners.

 

It would be true to say that in any other school the majority of our students would be identified as "Gifted and Talented", however it is crucial to take into account that we are looking at the "Gifted and Talented" cohort in this school's context, therefore the bar will be set that bit higher.

 

 

A mixture of quantative and qualitative data/judgements is usual in each subject area-ie tests, homeworks, assessed pieces of work and professional judgement-this has been formalised in subject checklists available on this website. Identification is an ongoing process and pupils can move onto and off of the register during the academic year.

Parents and pupils have the opportunity to influence this process via the pupil nomination form on this website and the parental opportunity to contact the Gifted and Talented Lead teacher at the school.

 

 

 

Please read the subject checklists contained on this website, have a look over the links to G and T orientated websites and read the generic characteristics identified below:

 

A Gifted and Talented child may:

 

· be a good reader;

· be very articulate or verbally fluent for their age;

· give quick verbal responses (which can

· appear cheeky);

· have a wide general knowledge;

· learn quickly;

· be interested in topics which one might associate with an older child;

· communicate well with adults-often better

· than with their peer group;

· have a range of interests, some of which are

· almost obsessions;

· show unusual and original responses to

· problem-solving activities;

· prefer verbal to written activities;

· be logical;

· be self-taught in his/her own interest areas;

· have an ability to work things out in his/her

· read very quickly;

· have a good memory that she/he can access easily;

· be artistic;

· be musical;

· excel at sport;

· have strong views and opinions;

· have a lively and original imagination/sense of humour;

· be very sensitive and aware;

· focus on his/her own interests rather than on what is being taught;

· be socially adept;

· appear arrogant or socially inept;

· be easily bored by what they perceive as routine tasks;

· show a strong sense of leadership; and/or

· not necessarily appear to be well-behaved or well liked by others.