School Council

On this page we will be keeping you up to date with the school council projects. Our school council members are made up of 16 children, from years 2 – 6 who will be supported by Miss Handley and Miss Stead.

Meet the Team

At Clapgate Primary School, we believe in the importance of Pupil Voice.

The School Council Team role gives children the opportunity to express their views and make their opinions count. The team is an elected body of students who work with our School Council Leads, Miss Handley, Miss Stead, Head Teacher Miss Taylor and other SLT members.

Students who wanted to apply for The School Council, filled in their own application forms giving their thoughts and opinions on The School Council currently, and how they could improve it. These applications were then narrowed down and displayed in the Library for all students to vote.

The team meet weekly with Miss Handley and Miss Stead to discuss new initiatives and to give feedback from their peers on specific projects and topics.

Our Aims

At Clapgate, our primary purpose is for the School Council to be the pupils’ voice. It provides the children a platform to express their views, concerns, and ideas to help influence school policies and decision-making and effectively impact a positive school life.

The children are always very proud of being on the School Council. The children have all been voted for by their peers based on their responses to questions about how they can help the school. The ideas were anonymised, and the best ideas won over the set children.

The children are given opportunities to develop their leadership and communication skills.

This is how Clapgate School Council is effective:

• They are the voice of the children.

• They are positive role models.

•They listen to your ideas to make the school a better place.

• If you have a worry or concern about something in school, tell them.

• They want to problem solve and help you.

• They share your ideas or concerns and work with teachers to make the school a better place.

Knowledge: The councillors often seek new knowledge in order to be successful in their role. Therefore opportunities for research and training are created. The councillors also recognise and value the strengths of the individuals in the team.

Spark: The councillors use their creativity and imagination to take on any changes and projects that their peers address. They also encourage their peers to share ideas and encourage the ethos that ‘no idea is a bad idea’. 

Team: Regular meetings take place in school. Good communication and collaboration happens between representatives and their class. At times the councillors work in smaller groups (subcommittees) on specific events or issues

Grit: The councillors often face barriers when working on projects. They will need to rely of their resilience and support to see it through to the end. 

Humanity: The councillors understand that they are representative of the whole school. They are always respectful of their peers. 


Introducing ourselves to KS1 and KS2 in assemblies:


Upcoming Agenda for Autumn term:

  • To ensure the School Council is well established and understood at Clapgate.
  • To gather information on how eco-friendly the school is and how we could improve it.
  • To find out information about Eco Committee and see if it was impactful.
  • To introduce ourselves to the school.
  • To come up with a topic for our first debate in class.



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