High Potential and Gifted Education

At Les Powell School, we are proud to align our approach with the NSW Department of Education’s High Potential and Gifted Education (HPGE) policy, recognising that all students, including those with moderate and severe intellectual disabilities, have unique strengths and potential across diverse domains. We are committed to providing a nurturing and inclusive learning environment that respects each student’s abilities and fosters growth in areas where they can truly shine.

We understand that giftedness for our students may present differently and may not be evident in intellectual or social-emotional domains. Instead, we celebrate and cultivate outstanding potential particularly in the creative and physical domains, ensuring every learner is valued and supported in reaching their personal best.

Our approach focuses on four key domains:

Creative
Intellectual
Physical
Social-emotional

At Les Powell School, we are dedicated to implementing the NSW Department of Education’s HPGE policy through a compassionate, student-centred approach that acknowledges and nurtures giftedness and high potential across creative and physical domains, embracing the whole child and their unique journey.