Scholarships for gifted and talented

[HappyFace]

My 13 year old daughter has been recognised by her grammar school as being gifted and talented. I got chatting with a cousin who tells me there is an exam that she can take and if she passes she may be entitled to a scholarship. Anyone aware of this?

[confused79]

Imnot aware of this this but would want to know more, as my son who is only 8 has also been recognised also as gifted and talented by his school and local council, wonder if anyone does know?

[Silversky]

I don't think there is...
I know that 'gifted and talented' recognised children have days where they are taken into work environments to get them interested in other subjects.

[emx384]

Not so sure about grammar school policy, but certainly from a normal comp point of view - there are scholarships out there for recognised gifted and talented students. Usually however it is mainly for specialised subjects such as music or languages.

The whole gifted and talented approach is actually fairly new to schools that now give responsibility to coordinators for gifted and talented students. Its great that these students are being recognised these days rather than having to put up with normal disruption in classrooms and never reaching their potential- it would be worth talking to the teacher who has this role in your child�s school to determine exactly who and by what means someone is able to take a sponsorship in your area.

Hope this is a help!