School Council

The School Council are a group of pupils from across the school who meet together once a month to discuss issues that are important to them. This could be anything from what trips and visitors they would like, to accessibility around school, e-safety, fundraising, bullying, or suggesting new after school clubs.

In the main school entrance, the School Council have a display board to help keep everyone informed and up-to-date about what they have been discussing. The board also shows photos of the current School Council members. Some classes have so many volunteers to be class rep that they have to rotate who attends the meetings! 

The School Council are supported by two HLTAs.  They also work closely with the Plymouth SEND Youth Forum.

Class reps are expected to discuss issues with their class, to ensure that everybody's views are heard. Everyone on the School Council is encouraged to be an advocate for their class, and they are supported to find solutions to problems themselves. Where the discussion raises a bigger issue, such as accessibility, this is fed this back to the Senior Leadership Team, and the teaching team where appropriate, to ensure that actions are followed up and the School Council achieves a successful outcome. 

The School Council voice is always listened to carefully and they have made some significant changes to the school over the past year.  Pupils asked us to make the entrance ramp into school more comfortable and the school are now working with MITIE to make this happen.  They also asked for more lunchtime clubs so various have been provided:  choir, disco, story time, sports etc. Pupils were consulted over the soft play redevelopment and chose the various pieces of equipment for the room to include a hiding tunnel and a swing. 

The School Council is highly successful and is currently working with the local Youth Ascends Group to campaign for accessible public transport improvements.

The School Council found this e-book really useful when thinking about how we can use the Internet well.  We hope you think it is useful.