School Council

Who We Are

Our School Council is made up of pupils who are elected to represent the views of all pupils and to improve their school. Each year, every class from years 2-6 elect 1 representative to become a member of the School Council.

What We Do

The council meet fortnightly with a teacher to discuss a range of topics and bring forward their suggestions and those of their peers. They report back to their classes and collect further suggestions.

Aims so far this year 2025-2026

• The school council are working on improving the outside space for breaktimes and lunchtimes. They will be leading a vote in their classes where their peers will vote on the playground markings that they would like. They will also be running and promoting their own fundraising event later in the year to raise further funds for the outside space improvements.
• They are exploring the idea of 'Healthy Schools' and how they could possibly run a snack trolley initiative, which would enable our KS2 children to purchase a piece of fruit at a small cost. 

• In order to increase student engagement across the school, the councillors will run school council drop-in sessions once a half term to gather ideas and suggestions from their peers. They will promote these drop-in sessions during whole school assemblies.

• The councillors also think that having school council suggestion sheets in each classroom could increase engagement so this is something that will be trialled too.

• In order to learn more about democracy and citizenship, this year the school councillors have attended The Houses of Parliament to gain a more detailed understanding of British Values, parlicularly Democracy.

School Council Visit to Houses of Parliament 17.12.2025

The School Councillors had a fantastic day, they travelled to London by train and visited the Houses of Parliament. They had a tour followed by a workshop where our local MP (John Whittingdale) paid us a surprise visit. 

We were very lucky when walking around The Houses of Parliament and were able to have a much more up close and personal tour. We were able to stand where the MPs and Lords sit in the House of Commons and House of Lords. We were able to stand very close to the King’s throne, we looked around the robing room and Westminster Hall.

Next, we attended a workshop where the children had to guess a variety of objects in a 'feely' bag and share how they thought these objects linked to The Houses of Parliament. They earned points for their team with all of their fantastic ideas.

John Whittingdale (our local MP) even paid us a surprise visit and spoke about his role in our community and answered the children's inquisitive questions. It was a truly wonderful and memorable day!

From learning about government to potentially shaping our own school's future, these children proved that leadership knows no age limit. Talk about inspiration in action! A huge well done to all the children involved.