Young Gifted and Talented (YG&T)
YG&T is run by CfBT Education Trust, provides information, resources and opportunities to help support gifted learners, their parents/carers, educators, governors and local authorities. YG&T also works through Regional Partnerships and Excellence Hubs to provide opportunities for learners and their educators within the regions.
School census and national register
Schools are now required to indicate which of their pupils are gifted and talented in their School Census return. This data together with data from the YG&T Learner Academy about its student members, will be brought together to form the National Register.
Purpose of the National Register
The National Register will:
- support schools in their identification of gifted and talented pupils
- support those working at all levels - national, regional and local - to track the progress made by gifted and talented learners, and their sub-groups
- monitor the effectiveness of policies and enable interventions to be more sharply targeted
- help find, as a sub-set, those pupils aged 4 - 19 who are eligible for YG&T membership so that they can benefit from the opportunities and services of the academy
National Strategies
The National Strategies provide support for schools to enable them to make gifted and talented provision an integral part of everyday teaching and learning. It focuses on helping teachers provide stretch and challenge within the classroom, especially within core subjects. The Strategies provide training and support for Leading Teachers in gifted and talented education.
http://www.nationalstrategies.org.uk
Gifted and Talented Strand of the City Challenges
The Strand provides a targeted programme of support for gifted and talented learners from disadvantaged backgrounds in Years 10 - 13 to enable them to enter the most demanding HE institutions and courses.
http://www.dcsf.gov.uk/citychallenge/
Youth Sports Trust
The Trust works to support the identification and development of talent in sport through the PESSCL Programme
www.youthsporttrust.org
Funding
Funding for schools to develop support for gifted and talented pupils is included within personalisation budgets. Details about specific allocations for gifted and talented provision are decided locally. Further details about funding are available at:
Standards Fund grants
