School Council

What is the School Council?

A school council provides a meaningful way in which pupils can voice their opinions and have their views taken into account in decisions that impact upon them. Article 12 of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) -Respect for views of the child.

At Down Ampney C of E Primary School, our school council is a group of children that represents the views of all our pupils. It gives our children the opportunity to have their voices heard and be part of the whole school community. They help to make decisions about school life and organise projects that support learning and development, such as organising charity events, theme days or representing the school at outside events.

We value the opinions of our pupils and our school council gives pupils a forum to share these opinions with our headteacher and other members of staff.

Who are the School Council representatives?

Each house takes turn to form the school council for a term each. It is therefore made up from each year group from Year 1 to Year 6.

Mrs Rebecca Gray- School Council (Teacher representative)

I am very proud to lead our School Council. We have amazing children in our school who have lots of great ideas on how we can work together to make a better school.  They do all the hard work and like to get involved as much as possible, making my job a bit easier! We want to make sure that all children’s voices are heard in our school which is why each child has a chance to be on each council for a term each year.

School council aims:

• To meet regularly to discuss their views and be heard.
• To organise whole school and class events
• To organise charity days
• To make sure our school is a happy and safe place for all of our children
• To make sure children have a place to voice their concerns, opinions, and thoughts
• To encourage all children in school to suggest ideas and improvements
• To ensure any suggestions or concerns are listened to and acted upon.