Inspire – High potential and gifted education

Francis Greenway High School provides a learning environment where high potential and gifted students are challenged, supported and inspired to achieve their best.

We do this through:

• Explicit teaching across all classrooms
• High expectations for every learner
• Differentiated instruction and enrichment opportunities
• Flexible grouping
• Purposeful extension and challenge
• A focus on growth, reflection and feedback
• Engagement in rich tasks and authentic learning experiences

We use a broad and inclusive range of evidence to identify students with high potential or gifts, including:

• NAPLAN, Check-In and Progressive Achievement Tests (PAT)
• Classroom assessments, work samples and pre/post data
• Teacher nomination and professional judgement
• Student behaviours such as curiosity, creativity, rapid learning and depth of thinking
• Student nomination
• Parent/carer insights and nomination
• Achievements in sport, leadership, creative arts or social-emotional pursuits

Respectful

At Francis Greenway High School, being respectful means recognising, valuing and celebrating the diverse strengths of every learner.

We demonstrate this by:

• Providing inclusive access to extension and enrichment opportunities
• Valuing and celebrating student achievement across intellectual, creative, social-emotional and physical domains
• Creating classrooms that promote collaboration, respectful dialogue and shared learning
• Offering safe, supportive learning environments where students feel confident to take intellectual risks and express their ideas

Responsible

Being responsible at Francis Greenway High School means ensuring learning is purposeful, equitable and responsive to student needs.

We do this by:

• Using data and evidence to identify high potential learners and inform teaching
• Maintaining open communication with students, families and staff
• Providing structured opportunities for enrichment, leadership and acceleration where appropriate
• Supporting students to develop independence, self-management and accountability for their learning

A Learner

At Francis Greenway High School, being  a learner  means striving for growth, challenge and continuous improvement.

We support students to:

• Engage in deep thinking, questioning and problem solving
• Access differentiated and extended learning tasks that stretch understanding
• Set learning goals, reflect on progress and respond to feedback
• Develop resilience, persistence and a positive learning mindset
• Understand how effort, strategy and feedback contribute to success

Francis Greenway High School staff engage in ongoing professional learning to ensure HPGE is embedded across the curriculum.

This includes:

• School-wide HPGE professional learning
• Explicit teaching workshops
• Training on differentiation and enrichment
• Understanding underachievement in high potential students
• Collaborative planning and sharing of rich tasks

We track student progress through:

• Formative assessment and feedback
• Student self-reflection and goal setting
• Data walls and class profiles
• Learning conferences
• Work samples and exemplars
• HPGE surveys and staff professional learning

Our focus is on growth, development and achievement over time.

Applications are now open and can be submitted online via our website.

Year 7 High Potential and Gifted Education Class Nomination Form for 2027

Applications close on Friday 21 August 2026.