My DD thought being on the G&T register was a waste of time... but

[Milliways]

I see she has included it on her first attempt at a CV for a Saturday job!

Probably good for Uni forms too.

Apart from that she receives the odd magazine with invites to overpriced courses that we have no hop of ever sending her to!

what is the G&T register and how is eligibility decided?

But will it get her the job, or mark her out as a potential troublemaker?

You say this is "Probably good for Uni forms too." For what it's worth, G and T registration is increasingly mentioned in UCAS forms, but it's regarded by many admissions officers as less important than the student's personal achievements (in overcoming a challenge, contributing to the community, sports, school plays, music, etc.). So your DD's job will probably count for more!

Agree with toadstool. Being on a school's G & T register is worth naff all. Unis and employers will consider actual academic achievements and involvement in schemes such as DoE, sporting and musical achievements and evidence that a person has the ability to work as a team, can show 'stickability', etc. They are not interested in people who have potential but have never fulfilled it.

Can you not get bursaries/some financial help for the courses?

Seems a bit much private schools getting it in the neck if a govt scheme to promote G&T is making itself so expensive those picked out can't benefit!

Errr...no! There is no assistance. What do you mean 'private schools getting it in the neck'? The problem is that G & T has become a label aspirational parents like to hang on their children. These 'courses' cost money and the providers know what they're doing.

Laudaud - at secondary I think it's decided by CAT scores in year 7. All children sit a test and the top 10% are invited to join NAGTY and are labelled G & T. It's then up to individual schools to decide how to encourage and stretch them.

Obviously the majority of these children aren't gifted and talented and the register should be renamed something like RoMAC - register of more able children - and leave the G & T label to those that really are.

The whole family (including DD1) still have a good laugh remembering the day when the letter from NAGTY came telling us how 'gifted and talented' she was! (She's above average - NOTHING ELSE!!)