Pupil Voice

RRSA – Rights Respecting
School 

Ashgate Croft School has successfully been awarded Gold by Unicef “Rights Respecting School” (December,2019). 

Unicef is the world’s leading organisation working for children and their rights. The Rights Respecting Schools Award is granted to schools that show commitment to promoting and realising children’s rights and encouraging adults, children and young people to respect the rights of others in school. Gold is the highest accolade given by Unicef UK and shows a deep and thorough commitment to children’s rights at all levels of school life. 

The Award recognises achievement in putting the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child at the heart of a school’s planning, policies and practice. A Rights Respecting
School is a community where children’s rights are learned, taught, practised, respected, protected and promoted. 

The Unicef UK Rights Respecting Schools initiative is aimed at schools across the UK, including those in an early years setting. This year the
programme has received additional support from The People’s Postcode Lottery.

This vital funding is helping UNICEF UK continue its work with over 4500 primary schools, secondary schools, schools for children and young people with special educational needs and pupil referral units across England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales.

Schools have reported a positive impact on pupil behaviour relationships and well-being by enhancing pupil’s self-esteem, leading to less truancy and bullying, better learning and improved academic standards. 

We are now preparing for re assessment this year by UNICEF. 

School Council 

School council representatives are elected from across school. The school council meet on a termly basis to discuss key issues in school and make decisions about events taking place in school.