High potential and gifted education (HPGE)

The department is committed to ensuring equitable access to high potential and gifted education for all students, regardless of background or location.

Our school is a place of diversity and opportunity, where every learner belongs. We foster a culture of high expectations and equity in excellence, ensuring every student, regardless of background, has opportunities to develop their potential into talent. We are committed to developing high potential across 4 domains: creative, intellectual, physical and social-emotional. We build positive relationships with families and communities to support all students to reach their potential.

Why choose us for your high potential or gifted child?

Recognising potential and developing talent

Our teachers find potential and nurture our students to be the best they can be.

Tailored lessons

Each student has different abilities. Teachers respond to each student’s ability by providing extra challenges and extension activities to keep learning exciting and engaging.

Rich opportunities and activities

Students can take part in opportunities to develop their talent in the arts, sport, leadership and more.

Opening doors to wider experiences

Our students can participate in a wide range of state-wide opportunities that aim to extend and enrich student potential.

What is high potential and gifted education?

High potential and gifted education (HPGE) is how our school supports students with advanced learning needs.

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.

Our high potential and gifted education opportunities

Our students engage with HPGE education in the classroom, in our school, and across NSW.

In our classroom

We are committed to recognising and nurturing high potential and gifted students, ensuring every student has the opportunity to thrive at our school. We provide differentiated tasks that adjust pace, complexity and higher-order thinking. Educators at our school provide explicit teaching of critical thinking and problem-solving strategies. Our classrooms are safe learning environments that encourage confidence, risk-taking, and perseverance.

Across our school

Our school recognises that every student is individual, and we provide flexible and diverse opportunities for students to explore and grow their strengths outside the classroom. We offer a range of whole-school programs that support student growth. These include, Lego Robotics, Chess Club, PSSA Sporting Competitions, Dance Competitions, Choir, Leadership opportunities, School Representative Council and Debating

Across NSW

We provide access to local, state and national competitions and events to help students explore and extend their talents. These include, Public Speaking and the Premiers Spelling Bee. The Representative School Sport Pathway and PSSA events enable our students to trial and compete in sports at regional, state and national levels, fostering discipline, commitment and collaboration.