What’s the point of a gifted and talented programme?

Lyn Bull, Gifted and Talented Regional AdviserNational Strategies

Objectives

• To review the current context and identify some of the ‘Big picture’ issues influencing building capacity

• To consider how we use current good practice to build capacity at local level post National Strategies

• To consider some NS resources which can support building capacity and mainstreaming G&T provision in schools

Schools

Schools

Schools

DfE

Building capacity in your school

What are the underpinning aims and principles behind G&T provision in your

school?

The NS Gifted and Talented Programme

• Improving aspirations, opportunities and outcomes for gifted and talented pupils by improving and personalising mainstream provision

• Focusing on pupil progress – Quality First teaching and challenge for all learners (EfA)

• Developing expertise and capacity among school/setting leaders, subject leaders, teachers and support staff

Underpinning principles • The quality of provision and approaches needed to challenge the most able will be of benefit to all pupils

• Provision should counteract disadvantage and prevent underachievement

• All schools/settings have gifted and talented learners

High impact High effort

High impact Low effort

Low impactHigh effort

Low impactLow effort

The G&T Quality Standards

• The Institutional Quality Standards

• The Classroom Quality Standards– A focus on ‘Quality First teaching’– A focus on learning behaviours

• E.g. G&T learners follow their own lines of enquiry and critically evaluate their own learning

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How schools are using the CQS• Subject audit, plan, implement, review• Subject audit to identify strengths & areas for

development – buddy up subjects• Align to relevant parts of whole school improvement

planning, e.g. planning• G&T LT works with individual subject• Use video clip to spark discussion• Align to learning walk (staff or pupils)• Pupil audit and feedback• Observation tool

Web article which explains the CQS http://nationalstrategies.standards.dcsf.gov.uk/node/436401?uc%20=%20force_uj

Link to the guided resource (e-learning) – to access you need to register and joinhttp://nationalstrategies.standards.dcsf.gov.uk/node/170996

The Standards can be found under related links

Excellence for All – characteristics of success (p13)

Self as a learner• Self-awareness; control

over learning and progress

• Self confidence & motivation

Language• Sophisticated vocabulary

and good command of English

• Good speaking, listening and critical thinking skills

• Good social skills

Taking charge• Understanding of what

top grade/level entails• Good independent study

skillsTaking it further• Learning beyond the

syllabus• Linking to the real world• Significant family

resource and support

• Which of the 10 characteristics do your children have?

• Which of the 10 could they improve on further?

• How could your school help with these characteristics?

• How can parents help them improve? • What could they do for themselves?

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