High Potential and Gifted Education (HPGE)

At our school, every learner’s potential is our priority. We believe all students can thrive when their strengths and interests are recognised and nurtured.

We provide a range of differentiated learning opportunities that allow students to think, create, lead and grow every day. Our teachers identify and support high potential in all learners, helping them develop their talents across four key areas —

Creative Domain: Students explore ideas and express themselves through creative activities that encourage originality and problem-solving.
Intellectual Domain: Students are challenged with rich learning experiences that build deep thinking and advanced understanding.
Physical Domain: Students develop coordination, fitness, and physical skills through active and engaging programs.
Social-Emotional Domain: Students build confidence, resilience, and positive relationships to support their wellbeing and personal growth.

High potential and gifted education is delivered through classroom programs, whole-school initiatives and Department of Education supports.

What is High Potential and Gifted Education?

At our school, evidence-informed teaching helps every student achieve personal excellence. We recognise that potential exists along a continuum — some students may need different levels of challenge and support to reach their best.

High potential students are those whose abilities exceed those of their peers in one or more areas.
Gifted students have potential that significantly exceeds that of students their age in specific subjects or areas.

To understand each student’s learning needs, we use a range of assessments, including ability and achievement tests, adaptive testing, rating scales, performance tasks, student self-nominations, pre-testing, and teacher observations.

We use this information to plan effective, evidence-based strategies that support talent development and extend high potential and gifted learners.

We do this through:

effective teaching strategies like enrichment, extension and acceleration
tailored support during lessons that stretch, challenge and inspire
access to a wide range of opportunities both within and beyond our school.

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Our High Potential and Gifted Education opportunities

Our students can take part in HPGE opportunities in the classroom, in our school, and across NSW.

In our classroom

Differentiated tasks that adjust pace, complexity and higher-order thinking.
Formative assessment to monitor growth and adapt learning.
Advanced learning pathways, including accelerated or compacted content.
Explicit teaching of critical thinking and problem-solving strategies.
Differentiated movement tasks and skill refinement in PDHPE.
Opportunities for leadership within the classroom.
Safe learning environments that encourage confidence, risk-taking, and perseverance.

Across our school

Debating
STEM and coding clubs
School Dance Production
Creative writing groups
Dance groups/Indigenous dance group
Student leadership (SRC)
Mathematics problem solving groups
Glee choir groups

Across NSW

The Premier’s Spelling Bee (promoting our students’ vocabulary development and attention to detail in competitive settings.)
The Premier’s Debating Challenge (helping students to build logical arguments and confidence in public speaking.)
The Schools Spectacular (an iconic performing arts event that celebrates the talents, diversity and creativity of students from across NSW public schools.)
The Premier’s Sporting Challenge (PSC) (promoting whole-school participation in physical activity with leadership pathways and professional learning.)
The Representative School Sport Pathway, PSSA and CHSSA events (enabling students to trial and compete in sports at regional, state and national levels, fostering discipline, commitment and collaboration.)