To offer enhanced access to all pupils, including gifted pupils, schools should maximise out-of-hours use of ICT resources through breakfast clubs, lunchtime sessions and after-school homework clubs.

A number of schools now offer twilight and evening sessions, where parents and pupils can learn together.

Many schools are using the internet to create school websites that provide opportunities to extend and enhance learning. School sites can include revision sites, additional units online, and links to useful education sites. Pupils can then access these from home or public libraries, but schools should be sensitive to the fact that not all pupils have equal access; schools must seek to maximise access for pupils while at school.

Many schools are developing stocks of laptop and portable devices that pupils can use at home or in remote locations.

Opportunities to visit businesses and industries can be provided for pupils. For example, a student particularly gifted in the use of ICT might benefit from a visit to, or work experience at, a digital recording studio or editing suite. Pupils particularly gifted in the area of control might benefit from visiting an organisation that uses computer-aided design and manufacture.

Some pupils who are gifted in ICT benefit from learning alongside older pupils in settings where more specialist equipment is available.

Arranging activities outside the school in the general guidance