Eastern Region Gifted and Talented Partnership

The Eastern Region Gifted and Talented Partnership (ERGTP) comprises the eleven Local Authorities in the East of England and also the Excellence East Hub which provides outreach and enrichment activities for secondary learners in the Universities of Cambridge, East Anglia, Anglia Ruskin, Hertfordshire and Bedfordshire, along with the Villiers Park Educational Trust.

We work to a government contract to promote Gifted and Talented education across the region, specifically to support teachers and schools in developing their provision for very able children and young people, and to provide additional opportunities and experiences for these pupils.

Since our launch in 2006 we have provided 9 regional conferences covering a range of subjects and specialist areas. These have been attended by over 750 teachers from schools across the region.

We have also provided a substantial number of Saturday and other out-of-school activities that have supplemented those offered by Local Authorities and others. Examples of these opportunities include: science masterclasses in Bedfordshire; classical theatre in Essex; robotics in Norfolk; architectural design in Hertfordshire;  Motivational Master Classes in Cambridge, Hatfield and Bedford.

A major part of our work is focused on improving the achievement of children in care. We have provided multi-agency training and additional opportunities for groups of children to extend their learning. The Climate Change Challenge, for example, involved 18 students from Norfolk and Suffolk in a year long project culminating in a smaller group attending the United Nations Student Conference in Stavanger, Norway.

Contact details for your G&T Lead in your local authority can be found in the Useful Links page under Further Information on this website.