Our Pupil Voice is led by Miss Hercules.

We value all of our pupils opinions and as an Autism Accredited school we feel it is important to understand, listen to and support our young people; giving them a voice.

Pupil Voice involves one pupil who volunteers from each form group (not voted in) who acts as a representative in the meeting, gathering ideas from their class and then feeding back. Primary, Secondary and Post 16 pupils are all involved. Meetings are held once every half term. To specifically understand and meet the needs of our Autistic pupils, there is a good representative of members in the group who have a diagnosis of 'ASC'. Meetings are organised and facilitated by staff from different departments across the school.

Although meetings are kept quite informal, we usually have an agenda to help focus relevant discussions and record outcomes. We encourage skills such as listening to each other, taking turns, being relevant, compromising and tolerating others. All members in the group are given the opportunity and support to contribute to Pupil Voice.

We meet to discuss different aspects of teaching and learning and particularly how this impacts on pupils who are on the Autistic Spectrum. We also talk about other important day to day aspects of school pupils feel are important to them, for example social issues. We involve our pupil voice team is discussions and decisions around school topics such as school rules and choice of new school chairs, encouraging a vote around the table. 

Many of the topics that we have discussed so far have resulted in positive changes and developments around the school.  Here are some examples of what we have discussed:

We value the ideas, opinions and perspectives of all of our pupils. We aim to make our pupils feel listened to, understood, and valued as members of the school community. If you are interested in joining Pupil Voice or would like to find out more, please contact Miss Hercules.