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Supporting Children with High Learning Potential

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Resources for children with high learning potential, including activity booklets and advice sheets

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Lily-Mae's Story

Lily-Mae is 4½. Her reading age is 9, her favourite shape is a dodecagon and she thinks the periodic table is cool. However, she struggles with her fine motor skills and is having difficulty learning to write, which is leading to frustration, anger and behavioural difficulties at school. Read More

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Reflecting on the Be Curious Weekend 2023

May 31, 2023

Be Curious Weekend at Beaumanor Hall, Leicestershire on April 29th and 30th 2023 was once again blessed with some amazing weather so that 41 families could [...]

Gifted Children, Socialisation, and Homeschooling

May 25, 2023

Advertorial, written by Wolsey Hall, Oxford. “Giftedness is an innate ability to both detect and comprehend the world in complex ways that differ significantly from age-expected [...]

55 Books for 55 Years

April 20, 2023

We’re reaching the end of the celebrations for our 55th anniversary. Our charity was set up in 1967 as the National Association for Gifted Children, to [...]

Family Stories

Discover how we support young people with high learning potential and their families

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Transfer from Primary School to Home Education – A Mother’s Perspective

From the Archive This article originally appeared in the Spring 2009 print edition of NAGC Magazine. Resources have been updated February 2023. Hi, my name is [...]

Arjun’s Story – “I Don’t Know!”

Arjun's Story Arjun is a bright child but lacks confidence in his abilities, is a perfectionist, hates to be put on the spot and to be [...]

Lily-Mae’s Story – Bright but Struggling

Lily-Mae's Story Lily-Mae* is a bright, curious, happy, confident child who is struggling at school. Discover more about her frustrations with handwriting and asynchronous development. Lily-Mae [...]

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