Pupils who are gifted in ICT need to be given opportunities to develop breadth and depth in their knowledge, skills and understanding. Teachers need to find a balance between drawing on work from later key stages and planning further differentiation by extending the breadth of study. For example, pupils need opportunities to apply their data-handling skills across a range of subjects and contexts, but they also need opportunities to use more complex data sets and to design integrated systems.

It may be appropriate to extend the range of technologies and software available. For example, teachers can give pupils access to data-capture devices that provide both greater knowledge and understanding of data logging and real-world data for a problem-solving exercise.

It is also important to provide sufficient open-ended tasks to challenge all pupils, particularly those who are gifted in ICT. For example, you could challenge pupils to choose appropriate software to solve a problem and then ask them to justify their selection.

Inclusion issues in the general guidance

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