Clifton Council
The aim of Clifton Council is to enhance the quality of school life for everyone.
Our objectives to achieve this are as follows:
- To give students a voice about issues that really matter to students and staff
- To help all staff, non teaching staff, governors and parents acknowledge and value the views of young people
- For young people to play an active role in the everyday running of the school
- To bring students together across all year groups
- To help young people to develop skills and build confidence and self esteem
- To benefit the school as a whole by improving the quality of life for all members of the school community
- Relate to the requirements of the national curriculum for citizenship.
Structure of Clifton Council
Clifton Council must be a whole school initiative, and we feel our success depends on the support and commitment of the staff at Clifton. We are encouraging as many people as possible to be part of our student council and these will include governors, parents, teachers, and non teaching staff.
| Senior Manager | Andy Whitlock |
| Link member of staff & Clifton Council Chair | Keally Baldwin-WRL & Enterprise Coordinator |
| Clifton Council | Made up of 10 representatives from sub year council |
| Sub Year Council | Made up of representatives from all form groups |
| Form Council | Two representatives, preferably one boy and one girl |
| Year 7 Chairperson | Mark Rowlands, Attendance Officer |
| Year 8 Chairperson | Emma Hewitt, MRC Manager |
| Year 9 Chairperson | Kay Barrett, Learning Support Teacher/Assistant Curriculum Team Leader |
| Year 10 Chairperson | Cath Powell, Parent Governor and Careers Assistant |
| Year 11 Chairperson | Keally Baldwin,WRL and Enterprise Coordinator. Julie Stewart, Teacher of ADT/Assistant Curriculum Team Leader |
Form Council
Involving every student.
Form group councils involve the whole form so every student in the school is a member of their own form council. Form councils are therefore an essential part of Clifton Council. This is where the students learn the important skills of taking part in discussions and being involved in decision making.
Sub Year Council
Each form council elects two members to represent the form in the council at the next level. Having two representatives gives each of them someone whom they can share the job and talk things through. Students in the form can also choose to approach the rep they feel most comfortable with when there is an issue they want to bring up.
Clifton Council
The Clifton Council is made up of Sub Council members from each year.
Meetings
Each Council aims to meet every four to six weeks. It is important the students know when their meeting will be held so they can plan them into their timetable. We plan our meetings in curriculum time, however we do our best to ensure this is done on a rota so it doesn't always affect the same lesson.
Minutes
Minutes are kept efficiently and are widely distributed.