Professor Valsa Koshy Receives an MBE from the Queen
Professor Valsa Koshy, Emerita Professor of Education at Brunel University received her MBE from the Queen, March 2019, in recognition of her distinguished contribution to education. [...]
Above and Beyond at Hawkwood College
To make the Above and Beyond Awards a reality, Potential Plus UK worked together with a host of different charities, companies and individuals, all of whom [...]
A Visit to Potential Plus UK Offices by Local MP Iain Stewart
The team at Potential Plus UK was delighted to welcome local MP Iain Stewart to their office and assessment centre in Milton Keynes. Chief Executive, Julie [...]
The Above and Beyond Awards Day Round-Up
We had a fantastic day at the first ever Above and Beyond Awards in Birmingham on February 11th 2019. The awards celebrate parents, teachers, support staff [...]
Get an ‘Above and Beyond’ Attitude!
"My son is really struggling. All people see is a boy they call 'clever’. But being good at Maths and Music doesn't help him with sports [...]
Julie’s Diary – New Report from the Department for Education
Back in September I wrote to the Department for Education (DfE) expressing our disappointment at the cancellation of the Future Talent Fund and requesting a meeting [...]
Julie’s Diary – The Launch of the CFEE Report “What Works in Gifted Education?”
It was with great interest that I attended the launch last week of the latest report from the Centre for Education Economics (CfEE) entitled: ‘What works [...]
Screens and Reading Superheroes – Embracing New Formats with High Learning Potential Readers
Why do we so often feel it is better for children to get stuck into a 'proper book' rather than clutch comics or read from any [...]
Supporting the Differing Profiles of Children with High Learning Potential
From the Archive This article was originally issued in the Spring 2013 edition of the print edition of Focus on Potential Members may have read about [...]
Dublin Hosts a High Ability Conference
by Julie Taplin, Chief Executive, Potential Plus UK Every two years the European Council for High Ability (ECHA) organises a conference for the sharing of [...]