High potential and gifted education

• We are committed to recognising and nurturing high potential and gifted students, ensuring every student has the opportunity to thrive at our school.
• Our classroom practices support and extend high potential and gifted students.
• We identify students' learning needs in the classroom and use evidence-informed teaching practices to challenge and extend students. We provide learning pathways, including enrichment and extension programs and acceleration.
• Our supportive classroom environments promote a sense of belonging and encourage risk-taking, creativity and collaboration.
• Our teachers engage in professional learning to support the diverse needs of all students, including our high potential and gifted learners.

• Our school recognises that every student is individual, and we provide flexible and diverse opportunities for students to explore and grow their strengths outside the classroom.
• Our school offers a range of whole-school programs that support student growth.
• Our school identifies and supports students with high potential through targeted enrichment, extension and extra-curricular opportunities such as debating, competitions, critical thinking workshops, and STEM and coding clubs.
• All our students, including high potential and gifted students, are encouraged to take on leadership roles through student representative council leadership, mentoring programs and peer coaching.
• Student talent is celebrated and extended through school musicals, drama groups, visual arts showcases, music ensembles and creative writing groups.
• Our students can take part in sports training squads, coaching sessions, house competitions and differentiated Physical Education programs.

• Our students participate in a wide range of statewide programs to extend and enrich student potential.
• Statewide/NSW Department of Education level support is available for our high potential and gifted students.
• We provide access to local, state and national competitions and events to help students explore and extend their talents. See System level opportunities for examples to customise for your school context.

Curricular

The Nepean CAPA Curricular Program provides specialist classes designed to support, develop and enrich students who demonstrate high potential and who are gifted or highly gifted within the creative domain of The Arts. Students have the opportunity to develop and excel in their chosen area under the expert tutelage of highly trained staff. Entry to these programs is via audition only. 2025 auditions will open in March for Circus Arts, Creative Arts, Dance, Drama and Music from Years 7 through to 11.

Exta-Curricular

The Creative and Performing Arts Extra-Curricular Program involves a series of Ensembles, Companies and Studios that rehearse and meet before and/or after school. These programs offer students the opportunity to extend and develop their skills in specific genres of Circus Arts, Creative Arts, Dance, Drama and Music that are not limited by curriculum constraints. Students engaged in this program have the opportunity to perform and exhibit in festivals and shows outside of school. This program is open to ALL students of Nepean CAPA High School annually.

Learn more

Nepean CAPA High School offers academic enrichment classes in Year 7 and Year 8. These classes offer students who demonstrate high potential, are gifted or highly gifted in the intellectual domain, the opportunity to be involved in a differentiated program of learning.

The enrichment stream provides a high challenge environment that encourages students to reach their full academic potential through academically rigorous programs, project-based learning, concept-based learning, and opportunities for independent and group development.

Applications for the enrichment class are available for Year 7 students only.