A hypothetical question

[juliemacc]

Right, so in a primary that implements G&T it is the top 5-10% who are included. Is this always the case? what I mean is suppose the class was not high achieving generally, would the children who were "top of the class" be listed even though they may not be at all "gifted"?? and may be distinctly average compared to a different class in a different school? am i making sense?

Yes you're making sense and the question you raise is valid. Top 5-10% in one school may only be ordinary in another school. So G&T is only relevant to that year's intake at that school.

btw, I think that the schools may not actually use a 5-10% threshold now, anyway, I think that's just a guideline for figuring out how many kids should go on the list, but how they identify them is not as simple as administering a test and taking the kids with the top 5-10% results.

I suppose the rationale is they will be the 'outliers' compared to the average/ central cohort in terms of the level children are working at, so in a way it sort of makes sense.

I bet I'm not making sense there

yep that is right, it varies from school to school but the 5-10% is just a guideline

OMDb I think the problem is it has been quite rigidly applied in some schools.