GIFTED AND TALENTED

IDENTIFICATION CRITERIA IN PE
Assessment in physical education is based on National Curriculum levels. Talented in PE is judged on the National Curriculum levels achieved for the four strands: ACQUIRING & DEVELOPING SKILLS SELECTING AND APPLYING SKILLS AND COPOSITIONAL IDEAS KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING OF FITNESS & HEALTH EVALUATING AND IMPROVING PERFORMANCE
Year 7	1 - 3	POTENTIAL TALENT Pupils may be currently achieving these levels but may have some barriers to learning, i.e. lack of parental support, learning difficulties, behavioural difficulties or emotional difficulties.	IDENTIFICATION OF TALENTED PUPILS Identification of talented pupils in PE will be based on subjective and objective observation during normal PE lessons. Extension tasks may be used to aid identification where appropriate.
Year 8	2-5
Year 9	3-7
Year 10	3-7
Year 11	3-7

IDENTIFICATION CRITERIA IN SPORT
IDENTIFYING PHYSICAL ATTRIBUTES		RECOGNISING MENTAL AND EMOTIONAL SKILLS
1 Size	Height, Weight, Maturation	1 Drive	Always wants to play and learn a sport
2 Speed	Quickness over strides, speed over distance	2 Passion	Loves the game
3 Strength	Force, power and muscle endurance	3 Stability	No stress evident
4 Agility	Ability to change direction quickly	4 Mental Toughness	High self esteem/confidence
5 Flexibility	Wide range of motion	5 Positive Attitude	Always positive outlook
6 Coordination	Hand/eye, foot/eye	6 Realism	Realistic about ability
7 Aerobic Fitness	Cardiovascular fitness/stamina	7 Focus	Ability to block out distractions
8 Vision	Acuity, tracking, contrast, sensitivity, peripheral vision, depth perception	8 Effort	Always works hard in practice or games
		9 Persistance	Never gives up
		10 Competetiveness	Will to win

IDENTIFYING TALENTED PUPILS IN PHYSICAL EDUCATION

Pupils at PHGS are identified as being talented in Physical Education in one or both of the following ways;

Pupils can be talented in Physical Education as identified in Physical Education lessons.

Pupils can be talented at Sport as identified in Physical Education lessons and/or Extra-curricular activities and clubs.

IDENTIFICATION PRACTICES

Pupils are identified in lessons and extra-curricular clubs using the PE identification criteria.
Some pupils have been identified prior to Y7 using the Y6 transition Master classes held annually in the summer term.
Pupils are identified formally annually, however reviews and amendments to the talented cohort take place termly during departmental meetings.

TALENT DEVELOPMENT

Once identified these pupils are developed further using several initiatives and programmes.

PROGRAMME	YEAR GROUP	DETAILS/TIMES
Talent Club	All talented pupils – all years	Weekly lunchtime extra-curricular club
Sports Prefects	Yr 11 talented pupils	Work within the department
Y9 fastrack GCSE PE	Y9 talented pupils	Weekly lunchtime extra-curricular club
Y6 talent identification	All Y6 Primary feeder school pupils	Annual Summer term
Mentor/IEP programme	Y13/12 with KS3/4	Sixth form mentor KS3/4 pupils reviewing IEP’s and giving guidance on all aspects of education and sport. (pilot programme 2004)