The National Academy for Gifted and Talented Youth

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The National Academy for Gifted and Talented Youth
Peter Corker Senior Manager Student
Academy p.a.corker_at_warwick.ac.uk www.nagty.ac.uk
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Why focus on gifted?

• Effective education systems should meet the needs
  of all pupils, including the most able
• Amongst todays gifted pupils are tomorrows
  social, intellectual, economic and cultural
  leaders
• Focusing on the gifted can help raise overall
  standards
• To do nothing will maintain the existing
  inequalities

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What does NAGTY do?
NAGTY, the governments core partner, leads on
and drives through improvements in gifted and
talented education through

• a range of services and activities for members
• training and information for education
  professionals
• research to improve pedagogy and understanding
  of gifted education

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Who are the members?

• aged 11-19
• in the national top 5 of the ability range
• almost 90,000 identified
• total recruitment target 200,000
• in every LA
• in almost 60 of schools

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What can members do FOR FREE?

• Recommended Activities
• Quality activities from other providers.
• Forums
• Online Learning Expert-led discussion forums and
  web-based learning.
• Experts in Action Lecture series.
• ACHIEVE Careers Service

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What do members pay for?

• Outreach
• Short face-to-face learning Top venues
  country-wide
• Delivered by experts
• Residential Summer School
• Two or three weeks Flagship
  provision
• 1050 places at 8 venues
• Extended Day Summer School
• Pilot running in 2006

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Why should you be involved?

• recruitment potential
• influencing young peoples opinions

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Does participating impact on students?The
parents view
Source Evaluation of the Summer Schools 2004 -
CEDAR
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Does participation impact on students?The
student view
Source Evaluation of the Summer Schools 2004 -
CEDAR
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What people say about NAGTY
I am not exaggerating when I say that I think
this experience will probably prove life-changing
for him he has changed from being fairly
uninterested in much of the school curriculum to
being passionate about the work. - parent
I was unsure about joining NAGTY at first
because I thought it was a bit of a geek
society So I joined purely because itd look
good on my CV. But I couldnt have been more
wrong and now Im really glad I joined.
- member
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The National Academy for Gifted and Talented Youth
Peter Corker Senior Manage Student
Academy p.a.corker_at_warwick.ac.uk www.nagty.ac.uk