Can activities designed for the gifted and talented cohort include pupils from outside the cohort?
If there are places left and the inclusion of additional pupils will not take finance away from the identified cohort, then additional pupils can be included in G&T activities. It is also open to schools to provide additional funding from their own budgets to allow this. Including pupils not formally included in the cohort in selected activities may also help co-ordinators to identify whether marginal pupils should be included in the cohort and to provide information about their performance which could help to refine the identification process.
