Schools everywhere are concerned with raising standards according to government requirements, particularly for those pupils who could be termed 'more able'. The key challenges revolve around government initiatives such as Every Child Matters, independent learning, inclusion and differentiation, thus making learning effective and successful for all pupils.

The authors of this highly engaging book carried out extensive analysis of 12 key schools, selected for their representation of common challenging educational circumstances including working with children from:

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Designed for teachers wanting to know what to do to help pupils with spelling difficulties, this book combines practical advice with theory, research and accounts of the author's own experience. The author looks at how spelling skills develop in both young children and older pupils.

A practical guide to identifying gifted underachievers and enabling them to fulfil their potential, raising whole school standards.

• Extensive new content includes the latest best practice in addressing able underachievement
• Explains the origins of underachievement, both overt and covert, especially in more able learners - provides a model that identifies a range of factors that conspire to lower achievement
• The UK Government's 2005 White Paper 'Higher Standards, Better Schools for All' set specific provision for Gifted and Talented (G&T) - there are similar...

First Published in 1998. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.