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Island Primary School Children: Some of the Most Gifted and Talented In UK
Thursday, 10th December, 2009 at 2:42 pm, Isle of Wight
Children, Education, Island-wide, News
There were some questions in Parliament yesterday about children’s education across the UK, with one of the areas under discussion being the young, gifted and talented programme.
The January 2009 figures show that at Primary school level, the Isle of Wight has one of the highest percentages of children judged as Gifted and Talented.
The Island is ranked at number eight with 11.5%, out of over 150 areas UK wide. The National average is 8.7%, so the little ones on the Island are doing really well.
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The percentage on G&T registers is not a very useful measure of children’s ability. It is an arbitrary figure (typically 5 to 10% per subject IIRC).
What is very good on the Island is the coordination of the G&T initiative. i.e. the guidance and encouragement to schools to identify children and provide enrichment opportunities.
Children’s ability should be indicated by Key Stage results. Once Primaries are accountable for KS2 results we may however find that the claimed KS1 results will not be quite so optimistic!
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That’s for sure!
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This could easily be a very misleading statistic. After all, they could all attend Ryde private school?
Surely the figures to be proud of are our KS scores and GCSE results. Both of those represent the attainment of the majority of island kids and they are quite frankly, dire, among the UK’s worst.
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Having a child on the G & T register ( 4 subjects at the moment) I find it strange that she could be removed from the register if someone better comes along as there is a maximum number of places. Surely if a child is G & T then they should only be removed from the register if they fail to be G & T by a fall in their work and not because someone else who is brighter comes along!! Just goes to show that it does not really mean much does it??
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When I was an engineering apprentice I was entered into an examination that was theoretically well above my weight.I was elated to find I had passed -but immediately deflated by the information that there was only a limited number of places on the ‘high-flyer’course and my marks placed me too far down the list to qualify.
So,despite the piece of paper announcing my success,I felt a failure
The good news is it didn’t make the slightest difference.I ended high enough up the management level to know I must have passed at least most of the high-flyers.
What counts in this life is ability,determination and character.and,lets face it,a fair sprinkling of luck.Not the judgement of a bunch of teachers,most of whom wouldn’t recognise real life if it bit them on the bum.
So,no need th fret,Mojo.If your kid wants it hard enough,he/she will get there.
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