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gifted and talented uk

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muhammadwani27 · 17/10/2021 08:44

Hi, my son has gotten very good results in his cat4 tests, and we are very proud of him.

His results have improved drastically from an overall of only 97 in year 8, when we had just moved from another country, to 107 in year 9, to 113 in year 10. I was just wondering, are these scores enough for him to get into the gifted and talented programme?

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SmallGreenStripes · 17/10/2021 09:09

The maths site NRICH maths will be useful for him

SmallGreenStripes · 17/10/2021 09:07

The quantitative result is high, it’s likely he will need stretching in maths.
The other results are only a little above average.

HPandTheNeverEndingBedtime · 17/10/2021 09:06

In England (other areas of the UK may be different) there is no national G&T programme. Schools are expected to stretch and challenge more able pupils. Alongside differentiated work higher ability children may be targeted for talks by guest speaker or different educational visits whilst at school. However some schools might still use the terminology gifted and talented which can cause some confusion.

I think the closest that England has to a gifted and talented program is mensa which you would have to pay to do the test.

Annietheacrobat · 17/10/2021 08:54

What do you mean by gifted and talented program? I think the official scheme no longer exists.

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muhammadwani27 · 17/10/2021 08:45

His full results are:
spatial:108
nonverbal:102
verbal:112
quantitative:130

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