St Botolph’s Primary School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

Our school will have at any one time, a number of extremely able, gifted or talented pupils, some of whom may perform at a level that well exceeds the level of others in their class or that expected for children in their age group.  This may be in one or more areas of learning.  Their performance will exceed that of above average attainers and sometimes that of children described as well above average for their age.

We believe that we can make a difference in enabling these pupils achieve the greatest possible progress.

Our definition of ability recognises academic, practical, creative, musical, physical, sporting and social performance.  It also recognises that a child may posses this potential although performance may not currently reflect this.

We believe that provision is generally most effective when it is made within the classroom, through a stimulating, differentiated curriculum.  We also recognise that in some cases, particularly with pupils talented in physical education and sport that we need to make parents aware of out of school support.

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