High potential and gifted education

At Rockley Public School, we are committed to developing each child’s unique strengths through comprehensive High Potential and Gifted Education (HPGE) programs. Students engage with enriching learning experiences in the classroom, across our school community, collaboratively within our regional network, and through opportunities available across New South Wales.

Why choose us for your high potential or gifted child?

Recognising potential and developing talent

Our teachers find potential and nurture our students to be the best they can be.

Tailored lessons

Each student has different abilities. Teachers respond to each student’s ability by providing extra challenges and extension activities to keep learning exciting and engaging.

Rich opportunities and activities

Students can take part in opportunities to develop their talent in the arts, sport, leadership and more.

Opening doors to wider experiences

Our students can participate in a wide range of state-wide opportunities that aim to extend and enrich student potential.

What is high potential and gifted education?

High Potential and Gifted Education (HPGE) is how our school supports students with advanced learning needs.

We do this through:

effective teaching strategies like enrichment, extension and acceleration

tailored support during lessons that stretch, challenge and inspire

access to a wide range of opportunities both within and beyond our school.

Our high potential and gifted education opportunities

In our classroom

At Rockley Public School, our teachers provide personalised, evidence-based teaching that identifies and supports the diverse talents of our learners.

Through continuous assessment and open communication with families, each student has a tailored learning plan that challenges them intellectually, creatively, socially, and physically.

Differentiated instruction, open-ended tasks, and inquiry-based projects are integral to our classrooms, inspiring curiosity and resilience. We believe every child benefits from a learning environment that encourages risk-taking, problem-solving, and deep engagement.

Across our school

As a proud member of the Bathurst Small Schools network, Rockley Public School works closely with neighbouring schools to enhance High Potential and Gifted Education initiatives. Together, we share specialist teachers, resources, and a variety of extra-curricular programs.

At Rockley Public School, students have access to a wide range of opportunities, including:

Interschool academic challenges
Arts workshops
Small Schools Creative Arts Festival
Student leadership development opportunities
Representative sport pathways
Public speaking programs
Community projects such as CWA initiatives
Waste to Art environmental projects
Bathurst Small Schools stage-based camps
Wellbeing programs
Curriculum-aligned excursions and incursions

These programs play a vital role in supporting the health, wellbeing, and social-emotional growth of our students. Through participation, students develop resilience, empathy, respect, self-management, and interpersonal skills, empowering them to build positive relationships and confidently overcome challenges. These experiences broaden their horizons, providing meaningful opportunities to cultivate friendships, leadership abilities, and confidence beyond our school community.

Across NSW

Rockley Public School aligns with the NSW Department of Education’s commitment to equity and excellence for gifted and talented students.

Our students can access:

State-wide competitions, including the Premier’s Reading Challenge
NSW PSSA sporting pathways
Selective schools
Opportunity classes

We are confident that our personalised support prepares students to succeed and enjoy new learning challenges in wider academic and community settings.