Student Council

School Council

 ‘At Hatfield, we value the views of all our pupils.  Our school council provides the opportunity to make everyone’s voices heard and feel part of the whole community. 

What is a school council?

A school council is a group of children who have been elected by their peers to represent them in school.

Why have a school council?

A school council can allow children to have a say about the issues that affect them. It lets the children know that they have a voice and that their opinion matters. Article 12 of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) says that children and young people should have a say in decisions that affect their lives and school council can provide a platform to allow this to happen.

Elections

Elections take place every year to ensure that there is a fair chance for someone else to be elected. Elections take place in Autumn term. Children who are interested in representing their class will be given notice to plan and prepare speeches and poster to support their campaign before the election date. Every child who wishes to be considered can put their name forward. Elections are held anonymously in class and two representatives from each class will be voted in.

School council organisation

• Two representatives from each KS2 class
• Two representatives from the Y2 class
• School council badges provided
• School council lead teacher
• An agenda is to be organised by the lead teacher
• Minutes will be recorded by the children/teacher
• Regular meetings

Feedback to classes

Elected school council members will take key information and items for discussion back to their respective classes. With the support of the school council lead teacher and class teachers, school council members will discuss points from previous or upcoming agendas. This will allow classes to contribute to future meetings, share worries or ideas and let members know what the collective voice of the school is.