Teaching & Learning

Have schools abandoned ‘gifted’ children?

Calls to reinstate a version of England’s Young, Gifted and Talented programme have lately been getting louder, but are such schemes really the best (or most inclusive) way to support the most academically able? Holly Korbey investigates

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4 November 2026

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Have schools abandoned ‘gifted’ children?

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