The Department does not collect data about participation in gifted and talented programmes. Through the School Census schools are asked to confirm the number of gifted and talented pupils they have identified. The following table shows the number and percentage of children identified as gifted and talented by LA for each Government office region in the January 2009 census.
Maintained primary State-funded secondary Total pupils Gifted and talented Percentage Total pupils Gifted and talented Percentage England 4,074,890 353,210 8.7 3,271,090 466,820 14.3 North East 203,810 18,110 8.9 170,720 22,100 12.9 Darlington 8,790 340 3.9 5,980 830 13.9 Durham 39,570 3,260 8.2 30,910 3,450 11.2 Gateshead 15,300 1,610 10.5 12,650 1,590 12.6 Hartlepool 8,660 970 11.2 6,340 1,070 16.9 Middlesbrough 13,570 1,120 8.2 8,530 1,040 12.2 Newcastle upon Tyne 19,080 1,830 9.6 16,250 1,890 11.6 North Tyneside 15,690 1,460 9.3 13,390 1,250 9.3 Northumberland 19,210 1,010 5.3 28,380 3,610 12.7 Redcar and Cleveland 12,510 1,310 10.4 9,420 1,650 17.5 South Tyneside 11,990 960 8.0 9,260 1,830 19.7 Stockton-on-Tees 16,950 1,710 10.1 11,700 1,280 11.0 Sunderland 22,500 2,530 11.2 17,910 2,590 14.5 North West 574,500 48,950 8.5 438,860 59,040 13.5 Blackburn with Darwen 14,240 790 5.5 9,430 1,430 15.1 Blackpool 11,290 1,100 9.8 8,180 640 7.9 Bolton 25,230 1,840 7.3 18,900 2,900 15.3 Bury 16,080 360 2.2 11,210 1,400 12.5 Cheshire 51,850 4,010 7.7 44,480 6,280 14.1 Cumbria 37,900 2,310 6.1 34,100 4,490 13.2 Halton 9,960 600 6.0 7,590 1,070 14.1 Knowsley 14,380 1,080 7.5 7,930 880 11.1 Lancashire 89,810 12,600 14.0 70,180 11,000 15.7 Liverpool 35,690 2,650 7.4 31,220 4,220 13.5 Manchester 40,840 3,910 9.6 23,550 3,250 13.8 Oldham 23,330 1,020 4.4 16,120 1,830 11.3 Rochdale 19,340 1,100 5.7 13,030 1,270 9.7 Salford 18,990 1,310 6.9 11,170 1,080 9.6 Sefton 21,860 2,050 9.4 19,260 2,130 11.1 St. Helens 14,730 1,410 9.6 10,940 1,620 14.8 Stockport 22,470 1,500 6.7 14,810 1,630 11.0 Tameside 19,650 1,870 9.5 14,620 2,340 16.0 Trafford 19,330 800 4.1 16,330 1,810 11.1 Warrington 17,190 1,810 10.5 13,550 2,080 15.4 Wigan 25,210 2,280 9.0 19,530 2,530 12.9 Wirral 25,150 2,560 10.2 22,750 3,180 14.0 Yorkshire and the Humber 433,590 36,050 8.3 334,760 42,070 12.6 Barnsley 19,220 1,180 6.1 13,240 2,010 15.1 Bradford 52,950 5,320 10.0 34,110 3,390 9.9 Calderdale 18,520 1,850 10.0 15,400 2,430 15.7 Doncaster 25,940 2,130 8.2 20,670 2,060 10.0 East Riding of Yorkshire 24,610 1,710 7.0 22,650 2,630 11.6 Kingston Upon Hull, City of 21,070 2,360 11.2 14,130 1,580 11.2 Kirklees 35,720 2,820 7.9 26,000 3,690 14.2 Leeds 60,870 4,280 7.0 46,420 6,000 12.9 North East Lincolnshire 13,330 1,060 8.0 9,860 1,160 11.7 North Lincolnshire 13,560 980 7.2 10,150 630 6.2 North Yorkshire 42,960 2,550 5.9 40,530 6,140 15.1 Rotherham 22,780 2,250 9.9 19,590 2,510 12.8 Sheffield 41,630 3,730 9.0 30,830 3,590 11.7 Wakefield 27,590 2,570 9.3 21,370 2,570 12.0 York 12,840 1,270 9.9 9,810 1,670 17.0 East Midlands 351,160 31,360 8.9 294,390 40,780 13.9 Derby 21,470 1,930 9.0 16,330 2,360 14.5 Derbyshire 59,280 4,070 6.9 49,270 7,300 14.8 Leicester 27,880 2,710 9.7 18,110 2,090 11.6 Leicestershire 47,130 6,560 13.9 45,670 5,870 12.9 Lincolnshire 50,790 4,350 8.6 48,830 8,140 16.7 Northamptonshire 56,080 4,300 7.7 47,050 6,810 14.5 Nottingham 23,490 2,470 10.5 14,370 1,460 10.2 Nottinghamshire 62,520 4,740 7.6 52,410 6,530 12.5 Rutland 2,520 250 9.7 2,360 210 8.9 West Midlands 459,760 38,400 8.4 365,680 52,900 14.5 Birmingham 101,190 8,440 8.3 69,260 10,140 14.6 Coventry 27,290 2,730 10.0 20,660 3,360 16.3 Dudley 26,830 2,280 8.5 19,890 2,790 14.0 Herefordshire 12,520 1,000 8.0 10,020 1,270 12.7 Sandwell 30,020 2,160 7.2 20,320 2,580 12.7 Shropshire 20,950 2,000 9.5 17,250 2,160 12.5 Solihull 19,110 1,260 6.6 16,840 2,420 14.3 Staffordshire 61,140 2,840 4.6 58,070 6,580 11.3 Stoke-on-Trent 20,780 1,880 9.0 13,440 1,690 12.5 Telford and Wrekin 14,120 1,510 10.7 11,820 2,210 18.7 Walsall 25,560 2,140 8.4 21,010 3,280 15.6 Warwickshire 39,800 4,170 10.5 33,910 6,280 18.5 Wolverhampton 21,970 2,020 9.2 15,660 2,610 16.7 Worcestershire 38,480 3,980 10.3 37,540 5,550 14.8 East Of England 429,860 38,230 8.9 389,280 54,650 14.0 Bedfordshire 24,810 1,980 8.0 37,240 4,430 11.9 Cambridgeshire 43,740 4,290 9.8 32,480 4,580 14.1 Essex 104,360 8,910 8.5 89,220 10,990 12.3 Hertfordshire 92,250 7,630 8.3 80,320 12,520 15.6 Luton 18,810 1,540 8.2 12,250 1,680 13.7 Norfolk 58,860 6,010 10.2 49,770 7,430 14.9 Peterborough 15,590 1,180 7.6 13,210 2,730 20.6 Southend-on-Sea 13,410 2,090 15.5 12,920 2,290 17.7 Suffolk 44,190 3,230 7.3 52,920 7,230 13.7 Thurrock 13,830 1,380 9.9 8,950 770 8.6 London 633,180 51,400 8.1 446,510 62,890 14.1 Inner London 226,670 19,310 8.5 138,670 17,410 12.6 Camden 11,370 1,160 10.2 9,990 1,180 11.8 City of London 240 20 6.7 4— 4— 4— Hackney 17,750 1,610 9.1 8,070 1,230 15.2 Hammersmith and Fulham 9,690 920 9.5 6,890 1,070 15.5 Haringey 21,600 1,500 6.9 13,090 1,930 14.8 Islington 13,670 1,200 8.7 8,200 850 10.3 Kensington and Chelsea 6,890 600 8.8 3,410 450 13.2 Lambeth 20,460 1,610 7.9 9,480 1,290 13.6 Lewisham 21,360 1,700 8.0 13,720 1,760 12.8 Newham 30,610 2,680 8.8 18,220 2,100 11.6 Southwark 21,840 1,520 7.0 13,100 1,270 9.7 Tower Hamlets 22,730 2,200 9.7 14,490 1,840 12.7 Wandsworth 17,560 1,640 9.3 11,410 1,340 11.7 Westminster 10,900 940 8.6 8,600 1,090 12.7 Outer London 406,520 32,100 7.9 307,850 45,480 14.8 Barking and Dagenham 19,500 930 4.8 12,920 1,230 9.5 Barnet 26,660 2,570 9.6 21,240 3,630 17.1 Bexley 20,290 1,980 9.8 19,980 3,510 17.6 Brent 23,770 1,630 6.8 18,070 2,450 13.5 Bromley 23,570 1,570 6.7 22,470 3,800 16.9 Croydon 29,250 1,600 5.5 20,660 2,790 13.5 Ealing 27,110 1,330 4.9 17,280 1,850 10.7 Enfield 28,090 2,430 8.7 22,090 5,090 23.0 Greenwich 21,370 1,640 7.7 14,590 1,820 12.5 Harrow 19,620 1,680 8.6 10,000 1,700 17.0 Havering 19,180 2,270 11.8 16,620 2,120 12.7 Hillingdon 24,960 2,290 9.2 18,400 2,860 15.5 Hounslow 19,320 1,620 8.4 16,560 1,930 11.7 Kingston upon Thames 11,830 1,110 9.4 9,780 1,230 12.5 Merton 15,660 1,310 8.4 8,490 1,180 13.9 Redbridge 25,550 2,260 8.8 21,450 3,310 15.4 Richmond upon Thames 13,530 1,120 8.3 6,690 850 12.6 Sutton 14,780 810 5.5 16,670 2,220 13.3 Waltham Forest 22,480 1,930 8.6 13,890 1,920 13.8 South East 622,050 57,960 9.3 507,570 81,160 16.0 Bracknell Forest 8,920 680 7.6 6,260 840 13.4 Brighton and Hove 17,230 2,140 12.4 12,110 2,160 17.8 Buckinghamshire 39,770 3,930 9.9 34,590 7,130 20.6 East Sussex 35,080 3,770 10.7 27,660 4,150 15.0 Hampshire 94,520 10,780 11.4 70,380 9,080 12.9 Isle of Wight 6,260 720 11.5 11,570 1,240 10.7 Kent 108,670 12,350 11.4 100,150 18,390 18.4 Medway 22,100 2,120 9.6 19,640 4,040 20.6 Milton Keynes 21,500 1,390 6.4 16,200 2,250 13.9 Oxfordshire 47,140 3,640 7.7 36,550 6,370 17.4 Portsmouth 13,790 1,910 13.8 9,160 1,080 11.8 Reading 10,810 590 5.4 6,160 1,150 18.6 Slough 12,420 840 6.7 9,810 860 8.8 Southampton 16,020 1,700 10.6 10,670 1,290 12.1 Surrey 78,660 3,390 4.3 59,130 7,070 11.9 West Berkshire 12,230 1,450 11.8 12,140 2,230 18.4 West Sussex 56,080 5,120 9.1 45,000 8,770 19.5 Windsor and Maidenhead 8,480 530 6.2 10,130 1,160 11.4 Wokingham 12,380 920 7.4 10,280 1,910 18.6 South West 366,980 32,750 8.9 323,300 51,240 15.8 Bath and North East Somerset 11,820 660 5.6 12,440 1,420 11.4 Bournemouth 10,260 1,100 10.7 9,690 1,810 18.7 Bristol, City of 29,090 2,640 9.1 17,220 1,780 10.3 Cornwall 37,700 3,010 8.0 31,910 4,700 14.7 Devon 51,900 5,460 10.5 42,800 6,840 16.0 Dorset 23,830 1,580 6.6 29,690 3,310 11.1 Gloucestershire 41,840 3,930 9.4 39,910 6,310 15.8 Isles of Scilly 270 10 2.6 4— 4— 4— North Somerset 15,120 1,200 7.9 12,770 2,460 19.3 Plymouth 18,480 1,870 10.1 18,050 2,930 16.2 Poole 10,120 780 7.7 8,420 1,980 23.5 Somerset 35,460 3,570 10.1 31,520 6,510 20.6 South Gloucestershire 20,910 1,470 7.0 18,230 2,710 14.9 Swindon 16,290 1,790 11.0 12,390 1,810 14.6 Torbay 9,520 1,080 11.3 8,700 1,800 20.7 Wiltshire 34,380 2,620 7.6 29,580 4,900 16.5 1 Includes middle schools as deemed. 2 Includes City Technology Colleges and Academies 3 Excludes dually registered pupils. 4 No schools of this type. Note: Figures have been rounded to the nearest 10 Source: School Census