More Able, Higher Attaining Gifted and Talented
At Harvills Hawthorn Primary School, we celebrate and nurture the unique talents of all children, including those who are more-able, higher-attaining, gifted and talented. We provide enriching opportunities that challenge and inspire these children across the curriculum—encouraging creativity, critical thinking and a love of learning. Through tailored support extension activities and enrichment, we help them reach their full potential while fostering confidence, curiosity and collaboration.
Our provision is guided by the following key aims:
- Early and Accurate Identification - Ensure that all staff can successfully identify more-able, higher-attaining, gifted or talented children as early as possible, through a shared and clearly defined understanding of these terms.
- Challenging and Enriching Learning - Ensure that staff consistently challenge and extend children through high-quality, differentiated learning experiences that promote depth, complexity and creativity.
- Development of Thinking Skills - Foster advanced thinking through enriched learning activities, open-ended tasks and diverse questioning techniques that encourage analysis, synthesis and evaluation.
- Learner-Driven Exploration - Provide opportunities for children to initiate, shape and direct their own learning, nurturing curiosity, independence and intellectual risk-taking.
- Promotion of Independence - Encourage children to work autonomously, take ownership of their learning and develop self-regulation and metacognitive strategies.
- Nurturing Individual Strengths - Identify and develop each child’s specific skills or talents—whether academic, creative, physical or interpersonal—through targeted support and opportunities.
- Whole-Child Development – Support is not only academic and talent-based growth, but also the social, moral, spiritual and emotional development of each child, ensuring a balanced and inclusive approach.