What can we learn from international best practice in G&T provision?

There are many problems with the way England’s education system impacts on its most able, says Ian Warwick – but copying more successful countries will not provide a silver bullet

14 Nov 2012

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Can the use of data and testing identify potential in children?

Nobel Laureate Sir John Gurdon’s potential was overlooked when he was at school. Elizabeth Smith considers whether current testing methods and data could prevent the same thing happening today

11 Oct 2012

How the new Standards could help teachers spot future Nobel Laureates

Nobel Prize-winning scientist, Sir John Gurdon, this week recounted how he was ‘written off’ by a science teacher, nearly sixty years ago. John Viner thinks the new Standards and inspection framework will help today’s teachers to spot potential behind low attainment

10 Oct 2012

Bright disadvantaged pupils 'more than two years behind richer peers'

Research conducted by the Institute of Education has revealed a gap of two-and-a-half years between the brightest disadvantaged pupils and their better-off peers.

3 Jul 2012

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Ensuring progression for high attainers in secondary schools

The 2011 secondary school performance tables are the first to provide separate information about the performance of high-attaining pupils. Tim Dracup summarises the data and suggests that levels of underachievement remain a cause for concern

9 Feb 2012

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Tackling underachievement in Key Stage 2

The primary school performance tables have shown that there is significant underachievement amongst the most able children in KS2. Tim Dracup calls for clarification on how the new National Curriculum will address this issue and support the progression of high attainers

23 Jan 2012

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High aspirations are only part of the answer

Low aspirations among young people and their families in disadvantaged areas are often seen as explaining modest educational outcomes. But a recent study for the Joseph Rowntree Foundation challenges that view

19 Dec 2011

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What can we learn from international best practice in G&T provision?

Can the use of data and testing identify potential in children?

How the new Standards could help teachers spot future Nobel Laureates

Bright disadvantaged pupils 'more than two years behind richer peers'

Ensuring progression for high attainers in secondary schools

Tackling underachievement in Key Stage 2

High aspirations are only part of the answer

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