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HINCHINGBROOKE
SCHOOL
Policy Statement
on
ABLE, GIFTED & TALENTED
Drawn up by: LCC
Date: June 2006
Date adopted by Governing Body: 4.7.06
Revised:
Hinchingbrooke School Able, Gifted and Talented Policy
Terminology
Able: demonstrating very high ability, potential or attainment in one or more subject areas
Gifted: demonstrating exceptionally high ability, potential or attainment in core subjects, or outstanding ability in a single subject
Talented: demonstrating very high ability, potential or attainment in sporting or creative subjects
Aim
To raise achievement and aspiration among all students by:
- challenging and supporting the most able, gifted and talented to push the boundaries of what is possible
- recognising and celebrating high achievement
- developing appropriate teaching and learning styles
Objectives
- To ensure differentiation in all teaching and learning programmes
- To identify, and keep under review, a register of able, gifted and talented students
- To provide an enrichment programme which is challenging
- To review the curriculum to provide accelerated progression pathways for able, gifted and talented students
- To develop and sustain a high achieving learning ethos throughout the school
Management and Resourcing
The Manager for able, gifted and talented students will lead the strategy. This will include:
- Researching relevant learning and curriculum issues
- Participation in national and local networks
- Leading school level professional development work
- Representing the A,G&T perspective in curriculum design reviews
- The operation management of A,G&T activities of all kinds
The school will seek to develop a funding base for A,G&T programmes. Funding will be explicitly identified in the A,G&T element of the SDP
The Strategy Framework
Identification
Multiple factors will be used to create the register including:
- End of Key Stage test results
- MidYis scores
- Information from parents
- Teacher recommendations
- Achievement in specialist qualifications (sport, music, etc)
- Achievement in enrichment activities
The register will be reviewed twice yearly. Students may be added or removed. A student will be removed if:
- if talented, s/he no longer pursues the talent for which s/he is registered
- if identified previously as most able, s/he no longer shows evidence of attainment or potential
Underachievement
Students identified as able but underachieving will be targeted using a series of measures:
- Teachers will be notified to monitor the effort and attainment of the student
- Parents will be informed and consulted
- Identified students will be suspended from participation in enrichment activities
- A mentoring programme will be arranged where appropriate
Differentiation
- All lessons should evidence pace and challenge
- Teaching and planning should evidence at least three levels of challenge in all lessons
- The able, gifted and talented students should have more open ended tasks, especially in relation to homework
- Subject leaders should take account of research evidence about learning to inform Schemes of Work and the planning of professional development work
- Teaching in Year 7 should build upon the learning achievements of Year 6
Enrichment
- A programme of enrichment activities will be structured to open initial participation to students not included in the register
- Participation in successive events will be determined by success at each stage
- An A,G&T budget will resource enrichment activities
- Links will be made with FE & HE institutions including the school’s partnership with Peterhouse College
- Links will also be made with sports and arts bodies
Curriculum Design
- The Key Stage 3 strategy, in the first instance, will be primarily one of differentiation within the standard curriculum
- Opportunities for accelerated work will be introduced in Year 9
- Enrichment opportunities will be offered in KS3 (eg Classics; CULP)
- The potential for accelerating progress through the curriculum will be explored in the context of the new flexibility at Key Stage 4
- Further consideration will be given to the Post 16 curriculum including the possibility of access to extension tests
Learning Ethos
High achievement will be celebrated regularly and significantly
- Links will be made to all achievement
- The base for recognising A,G&T achievement will be a broad and inclusive one
- Links with local government and the business community will have an A,G&T dimension
- Specific tutoring/mentoring arrangements will be made for students on the register
Review
The policy and its implementation will be reviewed annually within the SDP process.
