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All young people in HES are invited on to the Pupil Council . The Pupil Council is an important means of giving pupils a voice in the way our school is run and enables them to make changes for the better in our school.
The benefits of being part of the Pupil Council
Children develop problem solving, communication, leadership and enterprise skills.
Children are more interested and involved in what’s happening in the school.
Children feel safe, included, trusted, important, proud, helpful, responsible and respected.
UNICEF UK works with schools across the United Kingdom to transform education through children’s rights, giving young people the best possible chance to grow up empowered, inspired and ready to make a difference in the world.The Rights Respecting Schools Award does this by placing children’s rights at the heart of school policy and practice, enabling leaders and teachers to strengthen pupil’s sense of belonging and voice, and to create an environment for great learning.
At HES we are proud to be a UNICEF SILVER rights respecting school .
During pupil council meetings we explore key themes of RIGHTS , VOICE and INCLUSION .
Achieving Silver: Rights Aware means there is evidence that:
• We are explicitly embedding the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child in its policy, practice and culture
• We are promoting knowledge and understanding of the Convention throughout your school community
• We are putting into action and developing the plans outlined on your Action Plan for Silver, which you submitted to achieve your Bronze: Rights Committed
• We are beginning to see the positive impact of these actions on children and young people, staff, and on the school’s ethos, practice and environment
• Children and young people are beginning to see themselves as rights respecting global citizens and advocates for fairness and children’s rights, both locally and globally
If you would like any further information of our programme of activities and rights based discussions , may we please recommend the following website :
UNICEF
Pupil Council Achievements
2025-26
As a result of discussions in pupil council the young people are :
Refreshing our school charter
updating the classroom charters
looking at Rights across the world and considering how we can offer our support
2024-25
As a result of discussions in pupil council the young people did :
Give their voice to the Relationship Policy for all staff and pupils in HES
undertake questionnaires and interviews of all staff in Skye house
lead a campaign to make Springburn Park a cleaner safer environment by all and submitted their request to our local MSP for support
Created a school charter
created classroom charter
2023-24
As a result of discussion in pupil council the young people did :
establish an eco committee which ecouraged recycling across the wider community
grew potatoes, tomatoes and strawberries in the school garden which were distributed across the wider community
obtained equipment , such as badminton bats to offer more activities for young people
held a meeting with the head teacher to request more subject specialist teachers