Every child has the right to express their views, feelings and wishes in all matters affecting them and to have their views considered and taken seriously. This right applies at all times, for example during immigration proceedings, housing decisions or the child’s day-to-day home life.

Article 12, UNCRC

St Charles’ Primary & LCR has a strong tradition of Service and Leadership, embedded within the ethos and identity of the school and our Catholic faith. 
 

We wholeheartedly believe in creating a pupil leadership culture where children take on key leadership roles and get their voice heard. We want our children to be actively involved in school improvement and to breathe life, relevance, purpose and meaning in all that happens at our school.

We strive for as many opportunities for children to become confident and articulate leaders who can share their views to any audience and apply their leadership skills to real life situations within our community and beyond. We believe in giving the children the opportunity to make a vital contribution to continually improving their school and their learning journey.

The aim of the various pupil leadership roles is to enable children to take on leadership responsibilities within the school, ensuring their voices and opinions are heard and acted upon. We actively encourage children to challenge, discuss and debate issues which are important to them.

We believe that by giving ownership of the school to our children it creates a better school and builds leaders of the future.

We are very proud of our different pupils leadership groups who ensure that children's voices are heard and that they impact on decision making across all aspects of school life.  Being a member of a pupil leadership group requires hard work, commitment and a responsibility to ensure that every child in school has a voice that can be heard.  Leadership groups have regular meetings and each member represents and acts on behalf of their class peers. 

Each academic year, pupils are given a platform to express their views of their school to help shape our improvement. We encourage all of our pupils to embrace the wide range of leadership opportunities available to them, enabling them to develop as individuals, as a community and to grow the school as a whole. We strive to develop confident and articulate leaders who can share their views to any audience and apply their leadership skills to real life situations.

United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) articles supported by developing pupil leadership: