Young Gifted & Talented Programme
YG&T is part of the national G&T strategy, funded and
supported by the Department for Children, Schools and Families
(DCSF). The programme is currently designed to offer services
which stretch and stimulate as many of the brightest and most
talented young learners aged 4-19 in England as possible, wherever
they come from and whatever school or college they attend.
YG&T is a collaborative, dynamic project which aims to bring
together universities, regional partnerships, national strategic
partners and commercial organisations, both large and small, to
extend broker support for learners and the adults who support
them.
Opportunities, within and beyond the classroom (both face-to-face
and online), materials and resources are available. We cater
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. The programme is
also for those children and young people who demonstrate high
ability or potential in vocational, leadership, entrepreneurial and
cross-curricular skills.
The programme includes the City Challenge Gifted and Talented
Education Strand (City GATES), a three-year £15m element of the
overall City Challenge programme. This has the overarching
objective of achieving a significant, measurable improvement in
progression to university by G&T learners from the three
Challenge areas - London, Greater Manchester and the Black
Country. It is facilitated through a structured programme for
G&T learners of needs analysis, subject specific learning,
progression skills, mentoring/coaching, university experiences,
social networking and the recognition of achievement.
Whether you are a learner, a parent or carer, a governor, a member
of staff in a school, college, university or local authority,
YG&T has much to offer you. Take a look at the YG&T
website where you
will find lots of information to support you.
For enquiries and further information, please contact us at:
ygt@cfbt.com
If you have a press enquiry about YG&T please email: yg&t@livewirepr.com