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‘How to’ guide on student voice

Here’s the first part of our findings from a brilliant research project that we worked on for the Children’s Commissioner. It’s all about best practice in student voice, and here’s a short ‘How to’ guide with as much advice as we could possibly fit onto two pages. Feel free to download and share. You can [...]

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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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School councils – welcome back!

Hello everyone, Welcome back to school. Hope you all had a fun summer! To give you a quick  idea of what we’ve been up to….. In between lovely holidays to Loch Ness, Aberdeen, Rugby and France, we’ve been doing lots of work on the Smart School Council Community, a charity we’re setting up and supporting. [...]

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Making a great student voice conference even better – part 2

This is part two of a blog on Little Heath’s Student Voice conference. You can read the first part here. This concentrated on the older students who were organising the conference, and the adults that supported them. This second part will look at the experience of some of the younger pupils who are more recently [...]

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School councils: how to make them inclusive

One of the main issues that many school councils face is that they don’t include enough students. This often leaves the rest of the school pretty uninterested in what the school council are doing. In trying to overcome this, here’s Asher giving a few ideas for you on how to think about the traditional school [...]

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Top Tips for Public Speaking

A guide for any student (or adult) who is having to do a speech. These tips will help you be more confident and get your point across better. Created by School Councils UK. Print or download (‘save’) this resource using the ‘More’ button. Top Tips for Public Speaking – School Councils School Councils UK Training [...]

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Detailed School Council Action Planning Form

This detailed template will help you ask all the questions you need to when planning a project.
Write the answers on to the sheet as use it as your guide throughout your project.

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Minutes and Agendas Template (Word)

Use this .doc (Word) template to help create detailed minutes and agendas for your school council (or other) meetings.
It’s colour-coded to show you which bits to delete and where to add your own text.

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School Council Event Planning Sheet

This form will take you through all the basics of what you need to think about to plan an event.
Use it with the School Council Event Budget Form to plan a great event.

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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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Student Governors

Did you know that young people are allowed to be Associate Governors in England and Wales?
Here’s why it’s a great idea and how to go about setting it up.

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Every Child 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 Council Event Budget Form

This form will help students who are planning an even to create a budget to see whether it will make or lose money.
Another copy of the form can be used to record what is actually spent and made, giving an overall profit.

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Action Planning Form

A simple form to help you plan your project and then make sure it’s running smoothly.

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Action Planning Tips

Whether you’re planning an event, a campaign or a project, you need to plan! Break your plan into small steps which will keep you motivated and on track, and be SMART.

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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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Advanced School Councils Ideas for School Improvement Research Summary of Findings

A brief summary of the findings of School Councils UK’s 2007 action research project, which looked at how far a selection of London secondary schools could take pupil voice with dedicated support.

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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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