Fern Federation
School Council Groups

As a Federation we are proud of our pupils and actively encourage them to use their voice to create positive change for themselves and their peers.  Article 12 of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) states that ‘children and young people should have a say in decisions that affect their lives.’ Our school councils provide a meaningful way in which our pupils can voice their opinions and have their views considered in decisions that impact upon them. We believe it is an important and useful way for us as a Federation to provide leadership and development opportunities for our pupils.

Our school council pupils were chosen to act as representatives of their classmates in discussing school issues with the Executive Headteacher, Heads of School, Senior Leaders, staff members and their peers.

Pupils were elected to represent the views of all pupils and to improve not only their school but the Federation and local community.

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 Pupils help to make decisions about how the school/Federation is run and take on projects that support the pupils’ learning and development, such as organising charity events, representing the school at outside events, participating in learning walks with staff etc. Pupils are given the opportunity to feedback their plans and impact evaluations to a wide range of stakeholders including the Executive Headteacher, Heads of School, Senior Leaders, staff members, Governing Body (GB) peers, ITE students, CSC partners, Estyn etc.

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Our school councils are usually elected annually by the other pupils and/or selected by staff members due to the pupil’s skills, knowledge, and attributes.

In the 23-24 academic year our school councils are currently:

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• Working with the Local Authority and Welsh Government on the new school design.

• Working as a Federation school council to create a ‘safer routes to school plan’ in readiness for the new school.

• Working with staff on improving the pupils teaching and learning experiences.