School Council

What does the School Council do?

Pupil voice is a very important part of the life of our school. We are using the British Value of democracy to make sure we all have a say in how our school could develop further and what role we can each play in that development.

We use democratic elections when choosing our school council members which are from Year 1 to Year 6.  Our school council elections take place in the autumn term of each new academic school year.  Pupils in all classes can decide to put themselves forward to be their class representative on the council. They had to prepare a short presentation to persuade their class peers what skills they felt were important and how they would be great at putting forward the ideas and views of the class at school council meetings.

Following these short presentation there are class elections where each pupil has a vote on who they think would represent their class the best.   All votes are then counted and the members of the new school council are announced in our Whole School Celebration Assembly. 

The school council then meet through the school year to help make decisions about the school.  They discuss ways on improving our school and feedback what their class members would like to see happen as well. 

School Council Polling

 School Council Autumn 2024/25 Focuses

 The school council started the last academic year raising money for new playground equipment through Break the Rules day. This resulted in the new equipment in both KS1 and KS2 playgrounds. The school council then became involved in the school street closure working with Holy Trinity School to create a campaign for the school street closure. As part of this the school council worked with Holy Trinity to produce posters and learn a song. During school street closure week, we took part in various activities including walking to school with Strava and performing the song on the street. The school council were also interviewed by the local council.  Towards the end of the school year the school council met local MP Kate Dearden who spoke to us about her role withing government. The school council were then able to ask Kate questions and share ideas to make the local community a better place.

School Council Autumn 2025/26 Focuses

This year the school council will be meeting to plan ways to make the school healthier and more environment and eco-friendly.