The School Council

Our school council is a formal group of pupils who are elected by their peers to represent all children and their views. The school has a formal process that children have to follow to be elected as School Councillors. They provide a meaningful way in which our pupils can voice their opinions and have their views taken into account in decisions which impact upon them.
Our active school council is key area for providing ‘Learning for Life and Work’ through active participation. The national curriculum requires that young people are provided with opportunities to participate in school and society. The school council is an excellent to increase participation, teaching young people about democracy, local and global citizenship and accountability. It supports, nurtures and helps to improve many aspects of school life and is an important way we provide pupil leadership and development opportunities for our pupils.
The school council meet fortnightly. All staff are expected to actively promote and support the school council to facilitate class meetings, activities and events. This is to ensure development of communication skills and the vehicle for the school council to share, plan and execute their ideas across the school is maximised.