Please note: this article pre-dates the 2014 National Curriculum and some content may be outdated.

Gifted and talented (G&T) education has a major focus upon differentiation: the identification and support of pupils who have the abilities to perform at the highest levels. The Autumn 2007 edition of Primary History 47 focused upon this issue against a background of considerable national concern at the failure to identify and support pupils in mainstream schools who have outstanding potential...