High potential and gifted education

At our school, every learner's potential is our priority. Many students have high potential, and we help that potential to grow into something powerful.

We are committed to fostering the potential of every student. Through creative, intellectual, physical, and social-emotional opportunities, our teachers provide challenging and engaging learning experiences tailored to each learner. We focus on developing skills, confidence, and leadership, ensuring every child can explore their strengths and grow in a supportive, inclusive, and academically rigorous environment.

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

Our classroom practices support and extend high potential and gifted students.

Differentiated learning tasks that adjust pace, complexity and higher order thinking.
Strengths-based feedback and goal setting.
Safe learning environments that encourage confidence, risk-taking and perseverance.

Across our school

Our school offers a range of whole-school programs that support student growth.

STEM
Visual arts showcases
Participation in a range of sporting competitions
Student Leadership (SRC)
Participation in whole-school inclusion and wellbeing programs.

Across NSW

Our students participate in a wide range of programs to extend their potential.

GRIP Leadership program for school leaders to develop confidence, teamwork, and leadership skills.
The Premier's Sporting Challenge (PSC) promotes whole-school participation in physical activity with leadership pathways and professional learning.