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School council training – get in touch!

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 and student voice: why bother?

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.

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involver newsletter 2: School council ideas, problems and solutions

Hope you’re all doing well and enjoying the sun and World Cup. We’ve created some new resources and found a few things that you and your schools might find useful, so here they are …

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Common school council issues – with solutions!

Meetings have gone flatSolutions to a number of common school council problems including giving feedback, support from colleagues and meetings that have gone flat.

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School council ideas and student voice issues

Great ideas for school council projects and ways in which student voice is being used in schools across the UK.

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Participatory budgeting – the essence of student voice?

How do you prove your school’s listening ethos?
Can you measure your school’s ethos?
Changing how you run your finances might be the answer.

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Pupil interview panels – getting it right

Pupil interview panels make a huge statement about your school and have all kinds of benefits for staff and students. Rather than banning them as the NASUWT wants to, we suggest here how to do them well.

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Official response to NASUWT’s threat of industrial action

We aim to dispel some of the misconceptions that the NASUWT’s campaign to roll back student voice is based upon.

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A short toolkit for school council co-ordinators

A short toolkit covering many of the essentials anyone working with school/ student/ pupil councils will find useful. If your school council has got a bit stale this will challenge you to think about how it’s set up and help you find a better way.

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Improving learning through enhanced participation

I attended an event around interesting new research from the GTCE (General Teaching Council for England) about how increased pupil participation improves.

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Is your school council counter-cultural?

Should school councils be about ‘improving the school’ or ‘representing the views of all pupils’. Generally the two are inter-dependent, but which one takes primacy if there is a (perceived) conflict?

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The Fun Theory

A great video. This is what school councils should be about: making things better by making them more fun.

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Being a Good Class Rep (Representative)

The most important job on any council is being a representative. This guide will help you understand what a good rep is and help you to become one.

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School Councils and Enterprise Education

A brief case study of how one school integrated their class councils with enterprise education.
A quick crib sheet for anyone looking to cross-over budgets between enterprise and pupil voice.

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Every Chlid Matters and School Councils Summary

A brief summary of how an effective school council can help you meet each of the Every Child Matters outcomes.

Great for when you’re writing your SEF or creating your School Development Plan.

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Being a Good Chairperson

It’s a tough job being a chairperson.
This guide will help you to understand what it needs and help you to be a great one.

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School Councils and Ofsted Inspections

How your school council help you prepare for an Ofsted inspection and completing your SEF.

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School Councils and Community Relations

A brief guide on how to use your school council to link up with the local community and how to get the local community to help your school council.

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Every Child Matters & School Councils – Detail

A detailed view of how effective school councils and pupil voice fulfil each outcome of the Every Child Matters agenda.
Great for filling out your SEF and seeing how pupil voice can benefit everything you do in school.

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