Newstead Wood Academy for Girls is one of the highest performing schools in the country. Hannah Johns explains what they are doing to help their girls keep things in perspective
Linda Evans continues our series of articles giving practical guidance for coordinators in establishing their roles in school, developing effective provision and recording their successes
Joan Hardy describes how a topic for debate turned into a philosophical enquiry for able students, challenging their thinking and eliciting moral judgements
In the second of this two-part article, Brin Best and Gill O’Donnell outline the practical implications for teachers in introducing appropriate role models for more able pupils
The ‘capabilities approach’ can move us away from a focus on the identification of ‘G&T cohorts’ and lead to a more effective way of developing potential, writes Barry Hymer
How can G&T students be kept engaged and challenged and their skills nurtured in a sustainable way? Jo Smith suggests how the allocation of leadership roles can be part of outstanding provision
How can we encourage young people to take more responsibility for their own learning and achievement, become more confident and develop better organisational skills? LindaHolman reports on a scheme which is working well for academic students
We look at strategies to enable learners to take part in the process of a lesson, and ask how we can set them up to take more responsibility and become greater risk-takers