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We believe the best schools have a pupil lead culture where children take on key leadership roles and get their voice heard. We whole-heartedly value the work of our pupil leaders, using it to shape the teaching and learning that happens at our school. We are moulding leaders of the future, ready for work, ready for the world. We strive to craft confident and articulate leaders who can share their views to any audience and apply their leadership skills to real life situations.
The aim of the various teams within the Pupil Leadership Team is to enable children the chance to have leadership within the school, ensuring that their voices and opinions are heard. We are a pupil lead school, regularly receiving pupil voice to make improvements. Therefore, we are giving the children the opportunity to assist with those improvements along the journey.
Class Responsibility
The first rung of the student leadership pathway is a class responsibility. This will be a role taken on in class where students have their first opportunity to develop leadership skills. They will have a small responsibility in their classroom and the opportunity to have some ownership over the running of the class. All pupils are given an opportunity to have a Class Responsibility during each academic year
House Captains (new role this year)
House captains are the lead representative of their house in school.
Selection Process
Children will be informed of the house captain elections in assembly. They will be told of the application process and the criteria for house captain.
Children who wish to apply will fill in an application form, outlining their experience in leadership and reasons for applying.
School LT will meet and discuss the applications. 3 children from each house will be chosen as the candidates in the election for their house.
During an assembly candidates will share their vision for the role and explain why they should be chosen.
Children will vote for their preferred house captain anonymously in class.
Votes are collated across the school and the winners of the election will be announced in assembly.
Selection Criteria
Must be in Year 6.
Regularly earns points for their house.
Has shown enthusiasm and pride in their house during their time in school.
Excellent role model of behaviour and attitudes.
Attendance for the past year should be above 96% (exemptions can be made in exceptional circumstances).
Roles and responsibilities
Help to lead house events throughout the year, especially those for children in KS1.
Act as a role model for children in their house.
Encourage children to earn house points for their house through excellent behaviour and work.
Celebrate and congratulate pupils in end of term celebration assemblies.
Attend and help out at school events.
Listen to ideas from children for house events and bring them to the school council.
Whole School responsibility
Whole school responsibilities is the next step up in student leadership. Students will have a role that will impact on an area outside their own classroom.
The selection process for each role will be different, depending on the role and the expectations of it.
The roles that exist in school are not set in stone (apart from school council) and
Some examples of whole school responsibilities include:
School Council (All KS2 Classes)
Play Leader (Year 5 or 6 only)
Wellbeing Ambassador (Year 5 and 6)
Pupil Principal/ Vice Principal (Year 6 only)
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