ACS HIGHLY ABLE

PROGRAMME
Appropriate Academic
Challenge for All

PHILOSOPHY OF THE
PROGRAMME:

Tied to ACS Core Values:

Differentiation within an inclusive
environment
Promote excellence through
learning and personal achievement
Appropriate academic challenge
for all

WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO BE

HIGHLY ABLE?
Students who demonstrate outstanding levels
of aptitude or confidence in one or more
domains
Students who achieve, or have the ability to
achieve significantly in advance of their ACS
Cobham peer group.
A student may be highly able all areas of the
curriculum, in a limited range, or just in one
area.

HOW ARE STUDENTS

IDENTIFIED?
Best practices indicate that multiple measures and valid
indicators from multiple sources must be used to assess
and serve highly able students (www.nagc.org).
At ACS we use a range of indicators including:
CAT4 Aptitude Test
MAP testing
Observations and checklists
Prior Achievement
Previous school participation
Staff or Parent nomination

HOW DO WE SERVE HIGHLY

ABLE LEARNERS?

Classroom Provision
Enrichment opportunities
Case Management
Organizational Support

CLASSROOM PROVISION
Acceleration- moving the student ahead (Maths and World Languages)
Enrichment or Extension- Additional activities to deepen and extend learning
Differentiation
Differentiation byContent

providing students with choices in order to add depth to learning

providing students with additional resources that match their levels of
understanding.
Differentiation byProcess

refers to how students make sense or understand the information, ideas and
skills being studied
reflects student learning styles and preferences.

Differentiation throughProduct
providing challenge, variety and choice
giving students options about how to express required learning (for
example, create a puppet show, write a letter, or develop an annotated
diagram).

ENRICHMENT OPPORTUNITIES

Writing competitions, creative writing sessions

SATRO Challenge
UKMT Challenge (and other math challenged
TBC)
Science Enrichment
Lunchtime debate
Book clubs

CASE MANAGEMENT

Goal setting meetings

Academic goals
Enrichment goals

Logistical, planning, and communications

support

ORGANIZATIONAL SUPPORT

Other domains- arts, athletics

Logistical and communications support

PARENT OPPORTUNITIES

Encourage students to participate

Look at opportunities on the Website, through
emails, or in Edmodo Groups
Email me or come by for a chat
Volunteer as a career mentor
Communicate with me directly about
opportunities in the community.