G&T - is it basically a box ticking exercise for Ofsted?

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MyballsareSandy · 30/01/2015 12:00

I have two DDs in year 9. According to their last report DD1 was one level behind where she should be in PE and DT. However, she came home with a letter saying she had been identified as 'gifted and talented' in both these subjects, putting her in the top 5% of pupils in her year.

DD2 - effort level was 'requires improvement' and grade was one level behind where she should be, and she also had a G&T letter for PE.

I don't get it. I know it depends on the class and the school etc etc, but it's a good school, with lots of bright pupils. Surely if they are 'behind' in a subject then they can't be in the top 5%.

It seems random, as though the school thought 'shit, ofsted will need to see our G&T data, let's pick a few kids and tick that box'.

Nothing ever happens to these 'g&t' kids, no extra work or trips or anything. What is the point of it?

I obviously haven't expressed these views to the DDs! But I'm interested in the mumsnet view.

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BackforGood · 30/01/2015 22:42

Yup,

but even within that context, it seems odd that your dds can be 'behind expected level' and 'G&T' in the same subject, unless it is a really poor Department and all the rest of the pupils are more than one level behind where they should be ?

I'd have to e-mail the school to get them to explain that.

Quitethewoodsman · 30/01/2015 22:37

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PeaStalks · 30/01/2015 14:47

Yes it is. Do not expect any more than a letter identifying them as G&T.

noblegiraffe · 30/01/2015 13:53

I told a few of my Y11s that they were on my register as G&T and they didn't have a clue, they'd never even been told, let alone got anything out of it. Do your kids play in a sports team or something? The PE department might have just picked some kids that way.

No one gives a shit about G&T really.

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