Lots of schools are beginning to think about training their school council, or student voice groups, for next academic year.
If you want to make your student voice READY, then get in touch! You can read more about our training here.
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Lots of schools are beginning to think about training their school council, or student voice groups, for next academic year.
If you want to make your student voice READY, then get in touch! You can read more about our training here.
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School councils. Student voice. Giving young people a say in how their school is run. Sounds like effort, doesn’t it? Kids are there to be educated, not to take part in it, right? Let’s be clear : schools present a unique opportunity for young people to learn about democracy.
Tags: action, Case study, Citizenship, democracy, democratic, KS1 (P1-P2), KS2 (P3-P4-P5-P6), ofsted, Participation, pupil/student/learner voice, school/student/pupil council, training
Jan 7
Posted by Asher in involver blog | No Comments
I just read this really interesting article on how schools in Colorado are finding that in the quest to raise standards and achievement that data alone is a blunt tool; student voice sharpens this.
Their recommendations are excellent, especially:
Utilize student-led outreach to capture feedback from disengaged students.
Have a read: http://blog.ednewscolorado.org/2010/01/05/in-r2t-student-voice-will-sharpen-blunt-instruments/
Tags: achievement, attainment, Case study, effective, evaluation, International, pupil/student/learner voice
Nov 18
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I attended an event around interesting new research from the GTCE (General Teaching Council for England) about how increased pupil participation improves.
Tags: 14-19, Case study, Conferences & events, effective, evaluation, guidance, KS1 (P1-P2), KS2 (P3-P4-P5-P6), KS3 (P7-S1-S2), KS4 (S3-S4), KS5 (6th Form/S5-S6), New ideas, Participation, pupil/student/learner voice, research, Stories, teaching & learning, tips & tricks
We’re approaching the end of the pupil voice research we’ve been carrying out for the DCSF and SSAT.
We’ve also been invited to a student voice event in Slovakia.
Tags: Case study, Conferences & events, DCSF, International, pupil/student/learner voice, research, school/student/pupil council, Strategy, Technology
Hi all,
So the pupil voice case studies for Specialist Schools and Academies Trust are going well, and have been the focus this week. My computer died though, which didn’t help progress, and I lost my camera, which means that this blog post will feature no photographs.
Not long before the schools come back, so once they are [...]
Tags: Case study
Now, I like to think I’m fairly well informed when it comes to pupil voice, but as part of my current project I came across something I’d never heard of before: a Baraza. Any ideas what it is? Well, unless you speak Swahili, it’s unlikely. This concept has come over to us from Kenya, via [...]
Tags: Case study, school councils uk, Stories
Oct 1
Posted by SchoolCouncilsUK in SchoolCouncilsUK-archive | No Comments
I went to this forum last week which was very interesting. A full transcript of all the sessions can be found under External Relations\Westminster Education Forum\Healthy School Food 250908 transcript (the password to access this is in brackets). However, in the meantime, there are a number of contacts that I think we need to follow [...]
Tags: Case study, Conferences & events, food, Partnerships, school councils uk, sustainability
Jan 8
Posted by SchoolCouncilsUK-Asher in Uncategorized | No Comments
Well, I see it as a place where we can quickly note down our thoughts, experiences and links to news stories relating to education and participation. Primarily we are doing this for each other (and ourselves), but it may also be of interest to other people interested in school councils and School Councils UK. In [...]
Tags: Case study, Funding, General education news, Just for fun, New ideas, School councils in the news, school councils uk, Stories
Alison at Little Heath Student Voice conference 2010

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