Schools have found it helpful to identify and use extra-curricular opportunities to challenge and motivate gifted pupils, including:

• local and national competitions run by the Mathematical Association (MA) and United Kingdom Mathematics Trust (UKMT);
• websites, such as NRICH;
• student journals, such as Mathematical Pie, Symmetry Plus, and Mathematical Spectrum;
• problem corners in journals;
• mathematics lectures or courses offered by industry or university mathematicians (such as the Holgate lectures run by the London Mathematical Society);

Advanced Maths Centre pilots, which are running in several Excellence in Cities areas and typically provide weekly sessions for older primary school children with strong mathematical ability. They have a range of outcomes, potentially including national curriculum extension tests, GCSEs and (in future) world class tests.

Teachers should also be aware of opportunities for out-of-school activities with a strong mathematical focus, including visits, local lectures, exhibitions and residential schools. They should also give serious consideration to running occasional or regular extra-curricular in-school activities for specific age groups (such as a lunchtime mathematics club). Colleges, universities or local industry may be willing to provide additional support in mathematics for the most able pupils, either in school time or through extra-curricular activities.

Arranging activities outside the school in the general guidance