Young, Gifted & Talented Programme
Our Vision

The CfBT Education Trust vision is that all gifted and talented learners in England have the opportunity to reach their full potential and in so doing create benefits for their fellow learners, places of learning and the wider community.

We believe that improvement can be achieved by making funding work harder for a greater number of learners and in particular, those from disadvantaged backgrounds. Teachers and other school staff will also be better equipped with the professional skills and support they need to identify and deliver education to gifted and talented learners, while benefiting from a service that is essentially a ‘one-stop-shop’ of information, programmes and resources, in support of personalised learning.

The values that underpin the vision are:

  • Inclusion: for all in the gifted and talented sector, regardless of socio-economic background, and helping to drive wider school standards
  • Accessibility: easy access to information and resources
  • Innovation: new resources and ways of learning
  • Challenge: demanding and stimulating – encouraging and motivating learners and teachers to strive as high as they can
  • Inspiration: high quality, exciting and stimulating programmes and activities
  • Collaboration: sharing best practice through valued partnerships
  • Celebration: it’s great to be young, gifted and talented!

YG&T will transform the provision of support to gifted and talented (G&T) learners. Our
key objectives are to create a self-sustaining market for the provision of G&T services,
included in which is:

  • A single web-based hub for all services and stakeholders (known as Young, Gifted and Talented or simply ‘YG&T’)
  • Regional provision with learner outreach: and
  • A vibrant market for the provision of services to G&T education


Under this approach there are four major beneficiary groups:

  • Learners – both targeted G&T learners and others;
  • Educators /schools/ colleges;
  • Service providers;
  • Other stakeholders


Click here for a summary of our vision and the benefits and outcomes that we anticipate it will deliver.

For more information please visit the YG&T website.