At The Mill Academy, we recognise that our children are the leaders of the future and therefore provide a range of opportunities for children to develop their leadership skills. Children’s voice is valued and promoted – each academic year, our children are given a platform to express the views of their school to help shape its development. We encourage all of our pupils to embrace the wide range of opportunities available to them – and always seek to find new ways that we can further empower our pupils. This enables our children to develop as individuals, the school and the community.
We have developed a range of leadership opportunities for our children. For some of our leadership positions, children are elected by their peers through a democratic process. Others require children to apply for posts often requiring a written letter of application providing reasons why they would like the position.
Why do we have a Children’s Leadership Team?
We believe that by having a Children’s Leadership Team, we believe our pupils have:
- a safe, happy and fair learning environment;
- a forum to voice their concerns and act upon them;
- a structured opportunity to learn problem-solving skills;
- an opportunity to take an active role in the organisation of the school
- an opportunity to experience a democratic process
Our CLT should encourage pupils to develop:
- a sense of ownership over policy and practice
- a consensus over school issues such as behaviour
- a responsibility towards the school community and environment
Our CLT will give pupils the experience of:
- planning, organising and monitoring small projects
- speaking and listening skills
- debating skills
- mediation and negotiating skills
We currently have leaders in the following positions:
Student Council representatives
Collective Worship Ambassadors
Lunchtime ambassadors
Curriculum Champions