School councils are a brilliant way for young people to influence and lead on school decisions. Not just about the toilets, or wall displays, but important decisions that affect the running of the school. They’re a great way for young people to ‘do democracy’.

School councils exist in over 90% of schools, but unfortunately many of them only involve the really confident young people, get nothing done, and just teach students that ‘taking part’ is about moaning. We’re worried that this gives all the wrong messages to young people about democracy.

Our school councils programme helps schools to change that, and to make their school councils READY for ACTION!

School council FAQ

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    What is a school council?
  2. How do I get the school council communicating with the whole school?
  3. How do we decide which projects to tackle first?
  4. How do I know if my school council is successful?
  5. How do we stop our school council being a moaning shop?

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    Do such things as School Council points of reference exist?

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    We've just started our school council. What advice would you give?
  8. What can we do to make people listen to the pupil voice
  9. As a member of the school council do I have the right to tell other students what to do during school hours?
  10. What things can school council do to help the school? Ideas will also be needed!?
  11. Why do we have school councils? Would it be the same if we never had councils in school?
  12. Should difficult children be allowed on the school council?

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