Inspire – High potential and gifted education
Granville Boys High School is a comprehensive and partially selective secondary school committed to promoting academic and personal excellence. At our school, we give the right support to help advanced or talented learners grow and do their best.
We notice these students early. They may learn quickly or show strong skills in creativity, leadership, problem solving or sport. We help them stay challenged with lessons and activities that match their strengths.
With dedicated executives, educators and innovative programs, we are Aiming for Excellence by cultivating lifelong learners equipped to thrive in an ever-evolving world.
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?
Inspire – 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
Our students engage with HPGE education in the classroom, in our school, and across NSW.
- Differentiated tasks that adjust pace, complexity and higher-order thinking.
- Formative assessment to monitor growth and adapt learning.
- Advanced learning pathways, including accelerated or compacted content.
- Explicit teaching of critical thinking and problem-solving strategies.
- Opportunities for abstraction, inquiry, and curriculum depth.
- Tasks that promote choice, authenticity, and critical and creative thinking including cross-curricular projects.
- Flexible grouping for collaborative ideation and presentation.
- Differentiated movement tasks and skill refinement in PDHPE.
- Targeted learning goals for coordination, agility, and control.
- Opportunities to take on lead roles in physical demonstrations or team strategy.
- Supportive learning environments that enable exploration and self-assessment.
- Strengths-based feedback and goal setting.
- Opportunities for leadership within the classroom.
- Structured peer collaboration and reflection.
- Safe learning environments that encourage confidence, risk-taking, and perseverance.
- Tutoring in English and Mathematics for all year groups
- Debating
- STEM and coding through robotics
- Academic competitions in Mathematics and Science
- Music ensembles
- Teams in various sports including rugby league and Oztag
- Sporting competitions during lunch
- Gala Day where students compete against one another and teachers
- Sporting consultation, wellbeing and mental health programs with players from Greater Western Sydney Giants (GWS GIANTS) Football Club
- Peer mentoring
- Student leadership (SRC)
- Wellbeing programs
- Participation in whole-school inclusion and wellbeing initiatives.
- The Premier’s Debating Challenge helps our students to build logical arguments and confidence in public speaking.
- Our STEM Enrichment Partnerships with industry and universities deepen our students’ intellectual curiosity while developing innovation and collaboration.
- Our mentoring programs connect our students with trusted adults including school alumni to build confidence, motivation, and interpersonal skills.
- Involvement in Prospect Zone sporting competition, a local school sports association in the Sydney West Region.
- Student involvment in NSW Combined High Schools Sports Association (NSWCHSSA)- state-wide knockout competitions for public high schools in various sports, including football, cricket, rugby, volleyball and basketball.
Selective stream
Students gain placement in the Year 7 Selective stream by sitting the NSW Selective Schools test in Year 6, and choosing Granville Boys as the school they want to attend. In the test, students will need to demonstrate high academic ability, as well as commitment and motivation to learning.
The school has high expectations of all students in the Selective class, and work of appropriate rigour and pace is provided to sustain their interest.
The students are also expected to participate in extra-curricular activities to develop their curiosity and creativity in a dynamic and intellectually rigorous environment that prepares them for the future. Our selective students receive the highest quality education in the best possible environment.
Enrichment class
The educational experiences of students at Granville Boys High School will result in the development of young men who are independent and responsible learners and leaders. The school is committed to recognising and catering to students' different learning styles.
Enrichment classes for Years 7, 8 and 9 are formed to address the needs of gifted and talented students in our region who are currently in Year 6, 7, or 8.
This is a school-based enrichment initiative and does not constitute entry to a government selective high school. The Enrichment class is supported through a specific curriculum. designed to extend and challenge students.
Entry to this class will be via a placement test designed to identify gifted and talented students and provide a baseline profile of student achievement.
Applications generally open in late Term 2 and forms will be available from the school or the school website for external applicants.
Students already at the school will be able to collect an application form from their year adviser. Completed forms will be returned to the school and students will be informed of the details of the test by mail. Successful applicants will be notified of their placement in an Enrichment class through an offer letter.
Is your son a high potential student?
If your son shows signs of high potential, contact us. We can share how our HPGE support can guide their learning journey.
Wellbeing
See how we support every student’s wellbeing at school and beyond.
Our principal and staff
Get to know our principal and staff, who work together to create a positive school culture.