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OFSTED and the Gifted and Talented

As part of a school inspection OFSTED will be interested in how the school has implemented appropriate approaches for gifted and talented pupils. Contained on this page are links for a brief ‘health check’ indicating some of the areas and aspects which an OFSTED inspector may shown an interest in.

On this page there is also a selective summary followed by a link to the full copy of the OFSTED report ‘Providing for Gifted and Talented Pupils: An Evaluation of Excellence in Cities and other Grant-Funded Programmes, December 2001.

• Preparing for Ofsted: A Primary Health Check
• Preparing for Ofsted: A Secondary Health Check
• Selective Summary of ‘Providing for Gifted and Talented Pupils’
• OFSTED Report ‘Providing for Gifted and Talented Pupils’

Primary Health Check

There are many ways for schools to organise themselves and effective provision for gifted and talented pupils does not necessarily require a uniform approach. Nevertheless the questions below reflect concerns raised in some of the OFSTED inspections which have occurred in the county

• Is there a policy for gifted and talented pupils?
• Is there an effective identification process?
• Is there clear evidence of provision for gifted and talented pupils in lessons?
• Are there monitoring procedures for gifted and talented pupils in place?
• Are there appropriate extra curricular opportunities for gifted and talented pupils?
• Do ‘gifted and talented issues’ appear on agendas and receive attention at staff meetings?

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Secondary Health Check

There are many ways for schools to organise themselves and effective provision for gifted and talented pupils does not necessarily require a uniform approach. Nevertheless the questions below reflect concerns raised in some of the OFSTED inspections which have occurred in the county

• Is there a policy for gifted and talented pupils?
• Does each department have a clear consistent and comprehensive identification process?
• Is there a school co-ordinator for gifted and talented with strong and effective links to the departments?
• Does the school co-ordinator for gifted and talented have links with similar co-ordinators in other neighbouring schools?
• Are there monitoring systems in place to track the progress of gifted and talented pupils?
• Do ‘gifted and talented’ issues appear regularly on departmental and whole school agendas for discussion ?
• Are there appropriate extra curricular opportunities for gifted and talented pupils
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