The Education Committee’s recent Solving the SEND Crisis report offers cautious hope. The parliamentary inquiry acknowledges the exhaustion of families, the adversarial nature of the system, [...]
When Smart Isn’t Simple Many children with high learning potential (HLP) surprise the adults around them. They might learn quickly, ask challenging questions, or think [...]
The term dual or multiple exceptionality (DME) is used in the UK to describe individuals who have both a special educational need/ disability/ neurodiversity/ mental health [...]
Potential Plus UK’s Senior Education Consultant and Director of the DME Trust, Rebecca Howell, distils the important factors in providing high quality education for young people [...]
Ensuring young people with high potential thrive academically and socially Two recent research reports have drawn attention to the importance of high-quality professional [...]
Over the last month Potential Plus UK has been busy highlighting the needs and exploring ways to support disadvantaged learners with high learning potential, as well [...]
Drs. Eleonoor van Gerven studied pedagogy at Nijmegen University (The Netherlands). She is managing director of Slim! Educatief, a private teacher education institute at post graduate [...]
10% of High Learning Potential (HLP) children face significant personal hurdles, according to the most recent government statistics analysed by Potential Plus UK. These HLP learners [...]
This article was written by a Potential Plus UK volunteer who wishes to remain anonymous. The above average ability child found in most classes, may often [...]
I was always taught that it is only by understanding the past that we can learn for the future. In preparation for our 50th birthday celebrations [...]
