Pupil Leadership at Bentley High Street 

 

Pupil leadership teaches pupils to: 

• Take responsibility for their independence academically and personally.
• Taking care of their individual resources, classroom and school.
• Helping each other through the learning process.
• Having a positive mindset.
• Developing a voice.
• Stretching beyond themselves to help others. 

Pupils learning leadership skills not only benefits their development but it also helps their interactions with others.
 It helps pupils learn the importance of  watching out for one another in and out of the classroom
 settling their own social issues with the guidance and modeling of the teacher
 and making the decision to join teams and participate in trainings, meetings and other roles. 

 

Pupil must apply via application for any roles and, in year 6 are interviewed to be School Council Chair and Vice Chair, which gives them them first hand experience of the application and recruitment process. 
 

Our Senior Pupil Leadership Team 

Every year we interview Year 6 children who would like to be Chair and/ or  Vice Chair for our School council.

We interviewed 12 children from year 6 and were blown away by their passion for the school and their courage. Interviews can be scary for anyone but they powered through and were amazing.

It was such a tough decision to make but we have appointed a boy and girl chair and vice chairs.

 

This year, due to the high standard of applicants we have created senior pupil leadership roles for the children interviewed.

 

This means they will be the director of other pupil leadership roles and help lead them across school, have senior pupil leadership meetings and meet half termly to discuss the actions for their linked pupil leadership team. 

We can’t wait to work with them!
 

 

 

School Council

Our School Council and Mrs Davey meet weekly to discuss current issues and initatives around our school.

We elect 2 members from each class from year 2 upwards.  Each member is selected through class votes and represent their class in the regular meetings. 

Throughout the year, we meet regularly to discuss events in school, national, global news and mental health and well being. 

We read the minutes to our class and gather ideas that children have about improving our school.

We aim to work closely with our school and wider community to make a real difference for our children and the place we live. 

Across a year, we do the following:

- Lead an assembly introducing school council and their aims. 

- Researched and voted for a local charity our school would like to support this year. 

- Help plan a charity bake sale. 

- Planned anti-bullying week. 

- Conducted a behaviour walk and fedback to our classes. 

Our School Council Values

As a School Council member, we strive to be:

Reliable

Caring

Organised

Trustworthy

Courageous