The Pupil Council has worked tirelessly to improve the following areas of the academy:

• The Environment: The Year 7 Council worked to inform pupils about the impact of plastic on society and how this could be improved within our academy.
• Healthy Breakfasts: The Year 10 Council have researched how they could help provide healthier food options in the canteen. They were keen to ensure that pupils had nutritional food to prepare them for the school day and their extracurricular pursuits.
• The Well-Being Garden: The Year 8 Council have developed ideas on a well-being garden to help promote our mental health awareness.
• Year 9 Fundraising: The Year 9 Council worked to raise an impressive amount of funds for local charities, including ‘The George House Trust’. They raised awareness of World Aids Day across the academy, and invited members of the George House Trust to speak to Yr 7 pupils in a Q and A session.
• Standing Up to Bullying: The Anti-Bullying Ambassadors have carried out training in the academy and other schools across the north-west as well as presenting the new anti-bullying policy to parents. They helped write the along with a pupil charter.

All of these actions have had a positive impact on how the pupils feel valued and demonstrate how the academy’s values of Trust, Respect and Commitment link to the work undertaken by the Council.

Being council members helps our pupils to embody the wider Co-op Values:

Do What Matters Most

Be Yourself Always

Show You Care

Succeed Together

As Council Leader, you will:

• Represent your form and year group at Council Meetings;
• Organise and deliver assemblies;
• Attend Parent Forum and SLT Meetings;
• Improve communication across the academy within your year group;
• Build the council development plan for your year group and deliver feedback to other pupils;
• Contribute to the academy’s Annual Development Plan;
• Represent the academy at extracurricular events.

As Council Digital Leader, you will:

• Promote digital awareness across the academy and participate in digital leader awards;
• Organise and deliver an assembly about digital safety;
• Attend the Parent Forum once a year;
• Show a positive attitude towards others;
• Develop the communication skills of pupils in the academy;
• Represent the academy at extracurricular events.

As the Council Eco Leader, you will:

• Promote environmental awareness across the academy;
• Organise and deliver an assembly about environmental concerns in the school;
• Investigate and help implement ways that the school could be more green;
• Participate in a community event once a year;
• Develop the communication skills of pupils in the academy;
• Represent the academy at extracurricular events.

As Anti-Bullying Ambassador, you will:

• Promote the anti-bullying work across the academy;
• Organise and deliver assemblies to pupils;
• Promote the work of the anti-bullying ambassadors;
• Demonstrate teamwork and collective responsibility;
• Show a positive attitude towards others;
• Develop the communication skills of pupils in the academy;
• Represent the academy at extracurricular events.

As Sports Leader, you will:

• Achieve the Sports Leaders Award;
• Demonstrate teamwork;
• Show a positive attitude towards others;
• Organise teams for inter-form events;
• Be a Healthy Lifestyles Ambassador;
• Develop the communication skills of pupils in the academy;
• Represent the academy at extracurricular events.

As Language Ambassador Leader, you will:

• Have a positive impact on the educational experience of pupils in the academy;
• Improve communication across the academy;
• Help translate information to parents at designated evenings throughout the year;
• Organise and deliver an assembly linked to a cultural event;
• Attend Parent Forum and Leadership meetings;
• Represent the academy at extracurricular events;