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Social housing provider? Want to engage young people? Take a look!

We’ve just finished a youth engagement good practice guide for social housing providers. Take a look!

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School council and student voice case study: Barming Primary

Barming Primary School in Kent tell us about how their school council and class councils help everyone to get involved in school improvement.

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School council and student voice case study: Woodhouse College

A student voice case study from Woodhouse College showing how their students can influence the core work of the college in an effective way.

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School council and student voice case study: Wildern School

Wildern School in Southampton approaches student voice through UNICEF’s Rights Respecting Schools model. It’s a great example of how this approach can achieve whole-school improvements.

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School council and student voice case study: Reddish Vale Technology College

Here’ s Reddish Vale Technology College’s student voice case study, focusing on the ethos of the co-operative movement.

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School council and student voice case study: Studfall Junior School

Over to Corby in Northamptonshire for another great school in our amazing school council and student voice case studies!

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School council and student voice case study: Lark Rise Academy

Another great case study from Lark Rise Academy, who use POW WOW sessions to get everyone involved in school decision making. Inspiring!

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Newsletter 12: Žákovské parlamenty, free school council posters & our School Council Masterclass

This month’s newsletter covers our recent trip to train school council teachers from the Czech Republic, some school council training in London and a free poster.

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School councils in the Czech Republic

A summary of our recent trip to work with school council coordinators in Prague, Czech Republic.

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School council and student voice case study: St James CE Primary School

St James uses UNICEF’s Rights Respecting Schools, fundamental school principles and a two tier school council structure to help everyone get involved in student voice.

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School council and student voice case study: St Francis Xavier Catholic Primary School

A great school council/student voice case study from an inspiring primary school in the West Midlands.Their Friday Forums help every child in the school to get involved in improving the school.

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School council and student voice case study: Little Heath School

One of involver’s favourite schools tells us how student voice works for them. They run an amazing student voice conference every year, which helps them to include a lot of people and get a lot done. Great stuff!

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School council and student voice case study: Beauchamp College

Student voice at Beachamp College includes student governors, a student ambassador, a student-led inspection, students appointing staff, student-led research and clubs and societies led by students. This case study explains why they do all of this.

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School council and student voice case study: New Line Learning Academy

A great student voice case study where learners are placed at the heart of the curriculum. Student voice focuses around the design team who help to design all aspects of the school.

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Free school council networking in London

Very often there’s just one member of staff in each school with responsibility for student voice and the school council (ideally it should be part of everyone’s role) so it can feel like you’re a bit unsupported. We’d like to set up some regular free events around London to get school council co-ordinators together to [...]

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Ways to run school council meetings

A few ideas on ways you can liven up your school council meetings (or any other meetings) and ensure that everyone gets a say.

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School council elections: compilation of free resources

It’s the beginning of the school term. Loads of school council elections are taking place across the country, but many of them aren’t organised as well as they could be.  Often this is perfectly understandable; running the election is sometimes thrust upon an unsuspecting teacher, so here’s a complication of the resources we’ve got to [...]

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Riots, discipline and student voice

I was involved in a short debate on BBC WM’s breakfast show this Monday. I was put up against Nick Seaton from the Campaign for Real Education, who campaigns against progressive education. Have a listen and see what you think: As with any interview like this no one gets the time they want to put [...]

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School councils and democracy: pick your model carefully

Modelling democracy is an incredibly important role of the school council, but it’s something that’s easy to get wrong. Are you trying to model values or structures?

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Project planning and evaluation videos for school councils

6 short videos to help school councils and other student voice groups through all the stages of planning, carrying out and evaluating a project.

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