RELEVANT DOCUMENT AND LINKS
- Underachievement – Overview of what is meant by underachievement, how it can be identified and how the issue can be addressed.
- Common characteristics of able pupils – List of characteristics commonly shown by able pupils.
- Identification methods – strengths and limitations – Assessment of the different methods commonly used to identify more able pupils, showing the strengths and limitations of each approach.
- More able children with a learning difficulty – More able children with learning difficulties often go unidentified. This document describes the issues that can hamper identification of such children.
- Identifying disadvantaged highly able children – List suggesting methods that can be used to identify disadvantaged highly able children.
- Gender issues – Table identifying common reasons for underachievement in English for boys and girls and possible teaching methods that can be employed to address these issues.
