What is good provision for gifted and talented?

SO00285_.WMF (33944 bytes) In many ways the things which provide good provision for able children also provide good provision for all children.  However, that's not much help.  If as a school you are just beginning to more formally address the issue of gifted and talented below is an eleven point check list of things to do.

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             Eleven Things to do

1    Appoint a gifted and talented coordinator who will take a leading role in
   developing the schools gifted and talented provision.

2    Have a system by which gifted and talented pupils are identified and registered.

3    Whilst appreciating possible sensitivities involved, ensure that the register of
   gifted and talented pupils is made available to all teachers.

4    Create opportunities for all teachers to share information regarding g & t pupils
   in order that they may gain a picture of the whole child.

5    Ensure that gifted and talented pupils are effectively challenged in the mainstream
   classroom through differentiation.

6    Have in place whole school activities which enrich and extend gifted and talented
   pupils. eg. clubs, societies, educational trips, competitions, visitors to school,
   enrichment days, musical and sporting opportunities.

7     Develop ways in which success and achievemnet in the school is celebrated in
    order to establish an ethos that learning is 'cool'.

8      Make use of both in-house and outside agencies for training and provision.

9     Ensure procedures are in place in order to assess the progress made by
    gifted and talented pupils and this is used to inform planning and to advise
    the pupils.

10     Invite the governing body to nominate one governor who will oversee the
    school's provision and liases with and supports the gifted and talented
    coordinator.

11     Ensure that plans for the gifted and talented are included in the school's
    development plan.