A Student Council is group of students who are elected to represent the views of all pupils and to improve their school. School Council means all kinds of school-based groups run by students, including student forums.

• 7 representatives per year group-maximum 35 student reps including 6^th form representation.
• Begin recruitment process in September in Years 7-10 so that selected reps can then be involved in planning the school council action plan.
• Reps to meet with staff working party fortnightly.
• Senior Leader Team to be part of working party- To raise profile within the school
• Student Council reps to be invited to present at timetabled meetings.
• Student Council reps to be part of interviewing new staff/ rolling reviews & school events
• School Council notice board/ display area in school to raise profile/ highlight current work and charities
• Council reps from different groups (SEN,etc)

We have considered some of the initiatives the Student Council Representatives might become involved in.

• Duke of Edinburgh (qualifications for their contributions)
• Local Citizenship action to link in with the curriculum
• Fundraising for a local/ national charities eg. Sport Relief, Breast Cancer Awareness
• To be involved with our international link school in America, Columbine
• Silent Knight Peer Mentoring which is a group that meets to discuss issues which will reduce anxiety and stress.
• Eco-Uknight- Carbon Footprint monitoring.
• Raising money to build a school in Africa
• Local Community Action
• Taking our fundraising to primary schools.
• Student Voice
• Build Links with community leaders/Police/ neighbourhood watch
• Increase awareness of activities available with the local community outside school hours
• Peer Monitoring
• Stress Management

The School Council will be divided into 6 different working parties, each focused on a different area within school.

• Fundraising, Charities, School Links & Partnerships
• Building an Academy in Africa
• Student Learning & Site Development
• Enrichment & Curriculum
• Local Communities

The students will decide for each of the working parties what the plan of action for the term, or school year will be. Each of the 6 working parties will have a Leader and a Deputy.

Every half term members of the School Council raise money for a variety of charities. This can include non-uniform days, cakes and biscuits sales, and competitions. The members of the School Council choose which charity they will be helping for that half term.

Community Objectives

• To ensure all students recognise and respect other cultures, languages and backgrounds and integrate fully into the life of the school.
• To ensure deprivation does not impact on attainment.
• To increase community involvement, local residents, businesses, potential stakeholders.
• To achieve engagement, equity and excellence through the curriculum and enrichment and extended services provision.

Community Engagement

• Parenting programmes (PPP) and counselling services are delivered by the school.
• Ongoing Design, Art, Leadership and most able projects with our family of RSA Academies
• ICT sessions and Enterprise learning have been delivered to feeder primary schools.
• The successful Whitley Festival is delivered annually for Whitley students.
• The school’s Sports Co-ordinator works very successfully at increasing sporting opportunities for Whitley students and students from partner primary schools, including
• Primary football and athletics tournament
• Whitley students coaching athletics in feeder primary schools