High potential and gifted education (HPGE)

We recognise that students develop at different rates and need different levels of challenge. In our classrooms, this includes:

• Flexible grouping (Talent Development Groups, ability groups, mixed-achievement groups).
• Open-ended questions and tiered activities.
• Creative arts and performing arts extension opportunities.
• Leadership, peer mentoring, and social-emotional learning programs.

“Students are offered differentiated tasks that match their learning readiness, ensuring every learner is stretched and supported.”

Staff are trained to use strategies that challenge and extend high potential learners, such as:

• Explicit teaching practices.
• High-level questioning and guided discussion.
• Clear learning intentions, success criteria, and opportunities for student voice/choice.

“Teachers use high-impact strategies to promote deeper thinking.”

To ensure consistent, high-quality practice, our staff engage in ongoing HPGE professional learning, such as:

• Understanding the NSW HPGE Policy.
• Training on differentiation, assessment, and identification.
• Collaborative planning within and across stages.

“Our teachers are committed to continually developing their expertise in supporting high potential learners.”

Our school culture highlights:

• Effort and talent development across all domains.
• Recognition of achievement and growth.
• Inclusive opportunities.
• A belief that high potential exists in every classroom.

“We foster a school culture where every learner’s strengths and aspirations are recognised and supported.”

In the physical domain, our students can represent their:

• School
• Zone
• Region
• State (NSW PSSA / NSW All Schools)

Opportunities include more than 50 sports, with pathways to national school sport championships.

Our school also provides targeted support to ensure:

• Aboriginal students
• Students with disability
• Students from low-SES backgrounds

have equitable access to talent development opportunities across the four HPGE domains.

“Our commitment to HPGE ensures every student can strive, compete and shine; from sport pathways that lead to state level, to equitable access for Aboriginal students, students with disability and low-SES learners across all domains.”