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Supporting Children with High Learning Potential

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Supporting Families

Helping you to nurture your child with high learning potential

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Supporting Children

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

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Supporting Schools

Inspiring, motivating and challenging more able students

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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

Latest News and Features

Professor Joan Freeman – Obituary

It was with great sadness that Potential Plus UK heard of the passing of Professor Joan Freeman, July 2nd, 2023. Many of our members will have [...]

The Summer Reading and Playlist Challenge 2023

Aged 18 and under? What would you recommend people to read, to listen to or to watch? Our Summer Reading and Playlist Challenge is here! The [...]

Campaigning to Improve the Lives of Young People with High Learning Potential

For some time, Potential Plus UK has known that we, as a user-led organisation, should be advocating for the needs and rights of our young people [...]

Family Stories

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

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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Schools benefit from access to our advice line, online resources, members area, newsletter, workshops, webinars-on-demand, and associate family membership for their parents.