Why we have a School Council

• A school is a community: pupil councils help to make this community harmonious and good to live in.
• ·School councils enable pupils to make a positive contribution to the school environment and ethos.
• ·Every child learns to listen to others and to recognise themselves as a worthwhile individual with a right to be heard.
• ·Children learn self-confidence and social skills.
• ·From a young age, children are challenged to be responsible for their behaviour towards each other and towards their teachers and helpers.
• ·Contributing to their class and school community allows children to grow in self-esteem.
• ·Every child learns from their own experience how to contribute to society as a whole and what it means to be an active citizen.

School councils are democratically elected groups of pupils who represent their peers and enable children to become partners in their own education, making a positive contribution to the school environment and ethos.