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Young, Gifted & Talented Programme

Following a successful contract bid from CfBT Education Trust, the National Programme for Gifted and Talented Education was relaunched as Young Gifted & Talented (YG&T) in September 2007, the first phase of its development. The programme is designed to stretch and stimulate at least the top 10% of the brightest young learners in the country, engaging all gifted and talented learners aged 4 –19 through a new Learner Academy, which lies at its heart. Subject-specific provision is already available for those children and young people gifted in, for example, science, mathematics, modern languages, or talented in areas which include the creative arts, sports and drama. It also provides for children and young people who demonstrate high ability or potential in vocational, leadership, entrepreneurial and cross-curricular skills.

YG&T is a collaborative, dynamic project bringing together universities in every region, regional partnerships, national organisations, and private companies both large and small, to focus on individual pupil needs and provide support for teachers, governors, parents and other interested people.

This is a ground-breaking approach and it has another key quality: the success of the programme relies on demand from pupils, guided by the teachers who lead the programme in each school across the country.

Central to the programme is a web portal at www.ygt.dcsf.gov.uk which acts as an easily accessible entrance to the Learner Academy and offers a growing catalogue of services specifically provided for gifted and talented children and young people who attend maintained primary and secondary schools and colleges in England. Young Gifted and Talented resources will also be available to home educated, independent school and international sector learners.

For those in schools, colleges and the wider education network, including governors and parents, who provide support to learners, the web portal also serves as a centre of professional development materials, resources, information and guidance for all they need to identify and provide for the gifted and talented.

To learn about the Vision and Values of the programme, click here.

For enquiries and further information, contact us at ygt@cfbt.com

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