Gifted and Talented Policy

Rationale:

Gifted and Talented education seeks to improve the education of the gifted and talented children (the top 5% of a cohort) in schools. The objective of this will:

 Improve the attainment, aspirations, motivation and self-esteem of the gifted and talented students, but should have a positive impact on all students  Improve the quality of provision and support through a number of strategies that will best suit the needs of the students  Develop tools throughout the College which will allow for differentiated teaching and learning to meet individual needs at the upper end of the ability range, which should stretch and challenge all students.

Definition of Gifted and Talented:

Gifted: Top 5-10% of pupils per school as measured by actual or potential achievement in the main curriculum subjects

Talented: Top 5-10% of pupils per school as measured by actual or potential achievement in the subjects of Art, Dance, Drama, Music and PE

Subject Leaders will be expected to:

 Identify the top 10% of students in their subject area of gifted students [measured by actual or potential achievement in main curriculum subjects – Subject Leaders will be asked to provide evidence of this potential or actual achievement for students to be placed into the gifted category]  Identify the top 10% of students in their subject area of talented students [Art, Music, PE etc - Subject Leaders will be asked to provide evidence of this potential or actual achievement for students to be placed into the talented category]  Monitor and report on the progress of each of these groups [CPR]  Within department handbook/documentation provide explicit evidence of provision in place for these students. Such provision could include:

 Enrichment activities, extension tasks  Planning for higher order questions  Teaching materials  Examination entry policy [if applicable]  Use of Super Learning Days

Pupil Progress Co-ordinators will be expected to:

 Have in place a monitoring process which includes all subjects and to use this to monitor such provision. What evidence do PPCs have? [CPR]

This policy has been workload assessed

Ratified at the meeting of the Governing Body on 23rd September 2015 Page 1 of 3  Possibly provide additional year group activity – drive ambition, raise aspirations, possible examples could be to run a day or weekend retreat with a clear focus on G&T activities  To support the Gifted and Talented child

Purposes:

 To ensure that as a College we meet the needs of all our learners,  To ensure that the achievement of all learners is maximised,  To raise the self-esteem and aspirations of our gifted and talented students.

Guidelines:

Both from a year group and departmental perspective provision must be made to provide for gifted and talented students. Each department is expected to have in place a policy, which will provide evidence of the explicit provision put in place. Provision may include:  Extension tasks,  Activities to develop independent learning,  Planning for higher order questioning,  Evidence of planning for gifted and talented,  Extra curricular activities to consolidate learning,  Teaching materials that meet the needs of gifted and talented students, providing appropriate challenge,  Rigorous monitoring of gifted and talented students to identify any underachievement with intervention strategies if necessary,  G&T notice board  Opportunities / events advertised though the website

The focus of gifted and talented is on ensuring that the learning needs of an identified group of students are met. This policy has been workload assessed

Ratified at the meeting of the Governing Body on 23rd September 2015 Page 3 of 3