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Gifted and Talented

This is concerned with the policy initiatives associated with learners identified as high attainers or potentially high attainers including those who may be judged as capable of high achievenent in sports or the arts.

See also the government guidance from the National Strategies on Quality Classroom Standards  in relation to this area and the e-learning modules.

A glossary item mapping the evidence and debate surrounding this term is in preparation.

A thought provoking summary from a statistical perspective is available from the Office of National Statistics on the characteristics of high attainers.

 Number of resources (26)


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Achievement and Inclusion in Schools and Classrooms: Participation and Pedagogy BERA 2008
This paper discusses the relationship between educational achievement and inclusion and considers what conceptual approaches might support an examination of this relationship.
19.05.10
Article published to TTRB Special Educational Needs
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Effective Teaching of Able Pupils in the Primary Classroom
This is a report describing a small scale study and its findings, from the Oxfordshire Effective Teachers of Able Pupils Project. The report outlines the setting up and development of the study clearly, before reaching ‘tentative’ conclusions. It is divided into nine main sections, following a brief preface and introduction, and ends with a page of useful references. The author uses a variety of...
16.02.10
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Teachers TV: Primary Management - Attainment and Inclusion...We can if....
This resource is a video produced by Teachers TV which focuses on attainment and inclusion in primary schools. The video demonstrates this focus through a case study at Highlands Primary School which is in the London Borough of Redbridge.
20.12.09
Article published to TTRB Special Educational Needs
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Teaching gifted and talented students in all classrooms
This resource is a PRE-online article that combines highlighting the key findings, and the subsequent questions arising from these, of a comprehensive study carried out in New Zealand in 2004, with an exploration of classroom-based strategies for gifted and talented students, as recommended in international literature. It concludes by providing two possible directions for the future development...
06.11.09
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Effective Provision for Gifted and Talented Students in Secondary Education
This resource is a guidance document written jointly by the National Academy for Gifted and Talented Youth (NAGTY) and the Department for Children, Schools and Families (DCSF). It is intended for all providers of education for 11 -19 year old students in England, who are “responsible for demonstrating a whole school approach to meeting the needs of the gifted and talented". This resource sets out...
23.10.09
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Your child, your schools, our future: building a 21st century school system
This is a government white paper which outlines new policies and proposed changes to legislation relating to many aspects of the English education system. It is a report aimed at all stakeholders involved in the school system, and seems to be particularly directed towards parents.
16.10.09
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Gifted and Talented Education (GATE)
This is a glossary item that summarises the evidence base and policy context for Gifted and Talented Education (GATE). Gifted education can be broadly defined as the practices, procedures and theories used in the education of children identified as gifted and/or talented. Gifted and Talented Education is therefore the programmes which provide this education.
06.10.09
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An Investigation of Personalised Learning Approaches used by Schools
This resource is a 2007 research report, undertaken by researchers from the University of Sussex, the University of Cambridge, and the London Institute of Education. The report was commissioned by the then DfES to investigate the approaches to personalised learning used by schools in England. The resource consists of an analysis of the current literature, an introduction to the methodological...
03.09.09
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Your child, your schools, our future: building a 21st century schools system
The latest education white paper, 'Your child, your schools, our future: building a 21st century schools system', was published on 30 June. Within this, the Government describes reforms to meet the ‘challenges and changes' facing schools, and how these build on the developments of the last 12 years; included within these are changes to the curriculum, school partnerships, leadership and...
02.07.09
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Teachers TV Gifted and Talented Week
Teachers TV has a week of programmes (w/c 23 February) exploring how schools cater for their most able and talented pupils.
24.02.09
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Poetry Archive
Poetry Archive is an on line resource which will be invaluable to English teachers across all phases. The poetry on the site would delight the very young, with poems by the like of Spike Milligan and Roald Dahl, as well as students, teachers and language enthusiasts, and is easily signposted and navigated. Poems appear from young contemporary poets (such as Andrew Fusek Peters) to historical...
20.02.09
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National Academy for Gifted and Talented Youth: Evaluation
This is a summative evaluation to the now historical National Academy for Gifted and Talented Youth (NAGTY) that was funded from 2002-2007 by the then DfES. The project was initially based at the University of Warwick, but following a competitive open tender process in August 2007 was awarded to CfBT Education Trust, who replaced NAGTY with the Young Gifted and Talented (YG&T) Learner Academy....
16.02.09
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The Impact of Parental Involvement, Parental Support and Family Education on Pupil Achievement and Adjustment: A Review of the Literature
This resource is a literature review of a wide range of reliable research evidence relating to the relationship between parenting/parents’ involvement in schools and pupil engagement and achievement. The review investigated the impact of support provided for parents, learning in the family context and parents’ level of education. The authors identified two key areas addressed by the research: how...
26.12.08
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Engaging parents in their children’s learning
This document reports the findings of a small-scale research study commissioned by the General Teaching Council (GTC) about parental experiences and views in relation to involvement and engagement with their children’s learning.
20.10.08
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Students' experiences of ‘researching’ in different subjects
This resource appeared in November 2006 in Practical Research for Education, the NFER publication for teachers. It is a reprint of a 2005 article from a new Zealand Journal Research Information for Teachers. This study was carried out in New Zealand with Year 11, 12 and 13 students. The aim was to collect student views of their experiences of research (identifying, interpreting and analysing...
24.05.08
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Primary pupils' experiences of different types of grouping in school
This research summary appears in the digest section of the DfES Standards Site (TRIPS). The paper it refers to, published in the British Educational Research Journal, 30 (4) August 2004, takes as its focus pupils’ perceptions, hitherto an uncommon perspective in researching the efficacy of different pupil groupings. Whilst the use of case study precludes widely applicable recommendations, the...
06.01.07
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Are we really grouping pupils for success?
This National Strategies (NS) document is presented as a set of guidance for school leaders to accompany the research findings from the DfES study, Pupil Grouping Strategies and Practices at Key Stage 2 and 3: Case Studies of 24 Schools in England (RR796).
02.12.06
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Pupil Grouping Strategies and Practices at Key Stage 2 and 3: Case Studies of 24 Schools in England (DfES Research Report 796) 2006
This DfES report is the long-awaited “independent research into current best practice” referred to in the White Paper, Higher Standards, Better Schools for All, which was to be published at the start of 2006. It comprises 24 case studies of 12 primary and 12 secondary schools from across the country. The findings echo those of previous research with regard to setting, although they suggest...
24.11.06
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What are the effects of ability grouping on GCSE attainment?
This is a digest of a study published in 2005 which followed 6000 British pupils from Year 9 through to their GCSE examinations in Year 11. Prior attainment in Key Stage 2 and 3 national tests was compared with achievement at GCSE, and then related to the amount of setting experienced from Years 7 to 11.
25.10.06
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Howard Gardner: The Myth of Multiple Intelligence
This is a paper by Professor John White in the viewpoint series published by the Institute of Education University of London. It aims to provide a critique of the multiple intelligence theory of Howard Gardner.
25.09.06
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