Curriculum
Student Leadership
We believe encouraging student voice is vital to ensure that students can contribute to their learning environment.
Whilst student voice is employed throughout tutor time and lessons, the formal structure of School Parliament has been established.
School Council
All tutor group members elect a student to be their School Council representative. Our current School Council are also members of Kirklees School Council and as such, are trained leaders in school and within Kirklees.
School Council meetings are held fortnightly. Representatives are encouraged to collect their tutor groups’ opinions and feelings on a range of topics related to both school and student life.
Students contribute to whole school improvements relating to as many aspects of their school life as possible: from school lunches to rewards policy, to improving the school and surrounding community. What our students say is extremely important to us and our teachers feed back and act on their suggestions and opinions.
In June, all students in Years 7 to 10 have the opportunity to put themselves forward to be a Schools Council Representative. An election process is undertaken with students attending assemblies and presenting their ideas to other members of their tutor and year group. In October, new Year 7 students are also given the opportunity to put themselves forward for membership and a second election is held just for them.
Prefects
Students can apply for the role of Junior Prefects in Year 10 and Prefect in Year 11. Prefects are elected to Sports, Expressive Arts and Leadership across Year 10 and 11 who represent the school internally and externally. Being accepted for this role is regarded as an honour and shows how highly the school community values the efforts of that student as a role model to others.
Students wishing to apply for the role of Prefect will write a letter of application. This needs to state why they feel they should be considered for the role, how they contribute to the school community, and how they would work to improve the school, including ideas for development. In addition, students will identify a specific role they feel they would like to undertake from the Prefect Careers Paper. These are clearly defined roles for Prefects throughout the school; for example, the Prefect for Expressive Arts would assist the faculty with displays, resources and specific Engage Evenings/open evenings.
Prefects are recognised within school by a specific Prefect Tie.
From the successful applicants, a small group of Senior Prefects are selected, followed by the Head Student, and Deputy Head Student.
