NAYLAND COLLEGE EXTENSION PROGRAMME
At Nayland College, our goal is for students to be inspired and empowered through learning programmes which respond to, and build upon, students’ strengths, interests, gifts and talents.
We pride ourselves on providing a comprehensive, customisable, cross-curricular, responsive Enrichment Programme for our gifted and talented students.
If your child has special strengths or talents in the areas of Maths, Science, English, Social Studies, lateral / divergent or out-of-the-box thinking, they may like to participate in our Enrichment Assessments held later in the year.
If you wish to be considered for our enrichment programme, please indicate this on your enrolment form and we will be in touch!
Identification Process
Students who have expressed interest in the extension programme will be contacted and entered into a short testing programme to determine their suitability.
Whether or not a student participates in the Extension Programme assessment session, students’ strengths and gifts are also identified by classroom teachers over the course of the year via other assessment measures such as PATs, AsTTLe, formative subject assessments, and observations of behaviours and interests / talents in connection with our Gifted and Talented identification register.
IOS (INSTITUTE OF SPORT)
Students who have particular strengths / gifts in the field of sport may wish to take part in the Year 8 Institute of Sport (IOS) testing session also held later in the year. Once again, please register your interest on the enrolment form.
Senior school and beyond
Students who have participated in extension Mathematics and Science can continue to engage in accelerated study throughout the senior school. Individual learning pathways can be formulated through discussions with appropriate staff. Opportunities to study at scholarship level and even to take university papers are available in many subjects.