Gifted Children: Kent

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what percentage of pupils at schools in Ashford constituency have participated in the gifted and talented programme in each of the last five years. (304926)

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 tables provide data on how many children were identified as gifted and talented in the January census between 2006, when the question was first asked, and 2009.

2006 records include secondary gifted and talented pupil data only. Otherwise, figures include primary¹ and secondary^{1, 2} school data broken down by the number³ and percentage of gifted and talented pupils.

*Maintained primary schools*¹,*number and percentage*² *of gifted and talented pupils*^{3, 4}
	Ashford
	Number	Percentage
2006	n/a	n/a
2007	980	10.1
2008	1,170	12.1
2009	1,150	11.8

*State funded secondary schools*^1,5, number and percentage of gifted and talented pupils^{2, 3}
	Ashford
	Number	Percentage
2006	370	5
2007	1,070	14.3
2008	1,280	16.9
2009	1,950	25.6
¹Includes middle schools as deemed. ²The number of gifted and talented pupils expressed as a percentage of the total number of pupils in the same cohort. ³Headcount of pupils. ⁴Excludes dual registrations. ⁵Includes CTCs and academies.

Volume 502: debated on Monday 14 December 2009