1. The National Academy for Gifted and Talented Youth Peter Corker Senior Manager Student Academy p.a.corker@warwick.ac.uk www.nagty.ac.uk

2. Effective education systems should meet the needs of all pupils, including the most able Amongst today’s 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 Why focus on gifted?

3. a range of services and activities for members training and information for education professionals research to improve pedagogy and understanding of gifted education What does NAGTY do? NAGTY, the government’s core partner, leads on and drives through improvements in gifted and talented education through:

4. 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 Who are the members?

5. 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 What can members do FOR FREE?

6. 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

7. recruitment potential influencing young people’s opinions Why should you be involved?

8. Does participating impact on students? The parents’ view Source: Evaluation of the Summer Schools 2004 - CEDAR

9. Does participation impact on students? The student view Source: Evaluation of the Summer Schools 2004 - CEDAR

10. “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 What people say about NAGTY “I was unsure about joining NAGTY at first because I thought it was a bit of a ‘geek society’ … So I joined purely because it’d look good on my CV. But I couldn’t have been more wrong and now I’m really glad I joined.” - member

11. The National Academy for Gifted and Talented Youth Peter Corker Senior Manage Student Academy p.a.corker@warwick.ac.uk www.nagty.ac.uk