Student Leadership

Intent

At Pearl Hyde, 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 voices are valued and promoted – each academic year, our children are given a platform to express the views of their school to help shape its development. At Pearl Hyde we recognise that student leadership is crucial to all careers, so as a school we are passionate about improving oracy skills and student leadership plays a role in this. 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, as a community and grow the school as a whole. We also strive to mould leaders of the future, ready for work, ready for the world. We want to develop confident and articulate leaders who can share their views to any audience and apply their leadership skills to real-life situations.

The aim of the various teams within the Student Leadership Team is to enable children the chance to have leadership within the school, ensuring that their voices and opinions are heard. We are a pupil lead school, regularly receiving pupil voice to make improvements. Therefore, we are giving the children the opportunity to assist with those improvements along the journey.

Implementation

We have developed a range of leadership opportunities for our children. For some leadership positions, children are elected by their peers through a democratic process, instilling our British value, democracy. Others require children to apply for the position, often requiring a written application, giving a presentation and going through a selection process.

2025-2026 Leadership roles

Group	How the group is formed and their role
Head Boy and Head Girl	This role is selected by Mrs Denton and Miss Arnold. Application process and a task. Children will represent the school at events, tours around school and make public speeches. They serve as a role model for students and will share pupils’ ideas with Pearl Hyde Parliament. They will be expected to lead fellow leaders in their duties.
Pearl Hyde Parliament	Pearl Hyde Parliament is an elected group of children who meet with school leaders to work on matters related to the school and the local community. They will complete and application and be voted in by their class.
House Leaders	House captains are selected by Mrs Denton and Miss Arnold once the Pearl Hyde parliament has been chosen. They must maintain a high level of commitment throughout the year to promote school events such as open days and sports days, encourage and motivate their team as well as assist Head boy and Head girl.
Safeguarding Lead	The Safeguarding Lead is selected by Mrs Denton and Miss Arnold. This pupil takes a key role in promoting the safety and wellbeing of all children across the school. They work alongside Mrs Bird to raise awareness of safeguarding matters, encourage pupils to speak out if they have concerns, and help ensure everyone feels safe and respected in school. They may also support assemblies or campaigns linked to safety and wellbeing.
Inclusion Lead	The Inclusion Lead is chosen by Mrs Denton and Miss Arnold. This pupil works to promote equality, celebrate diversity, and ensure that every child feels included and valued. They will gather feedback from pupils, help lead initiatives that celebrate differences, and work closely with school leaders to support an inclusive environment where everyone can succeed. They will be working with Miss Edwards and Miss Power.
Lunch Leaders	Children in Upper Key stage 2 are selected every half term by teaching staff following consultation with dining room staff. Their role is to support our younger children and the running of the lunch hall.
Playground Leaders	Children in Year 5 & 6 are invited, by Mr Jardim, to be trained on running organised games at lunchtime led by our PE teachers.
Eco Squad	Children are selected after application and work on school based and wider eco- initiatives including recycling and energy use and raising awareness of important environmental issues. This will all be work to receive our Green Flag.
E-Safety Committee	Children are selected by the class teacher. This group focuses on online safety and behaviour as well as new technology and applications.
Librarians	Children are selected after application and chosen by Mr Herdman. Librarians are responsible for the day-to-day running of the school's library.
Science Ambassadors	Children are selected after application and chosen by Mrs Shilton. Science Ambassadors support and co-ordinate the running of the science zone at lunch and support the preparation of upcoming science projects.

Impact

Student leadership at Pearl Hyde enables our children to become more independent and confident in themselves, increasing self-awareness in activities in their learning and outside the classroom. Children will become more responsible for themselves, their learning and for their behaviours and in doing so creating role models for others and instilling ‘The Pearl Hyde Way’, which in turn will increase their engagement in learning in the classroom as well in school life. They will learn how to work together, become leaders and develop their personal skills, learning to work collaboratively with staff and other children that are characterised by mutual trust and respect. Children will develop their social skills which will enable them to communicate their point of view, lead a verity of tasks, speak to an audience and create greater interpersonal skills and in turn this will develop oracy across the school. Overall, this will create great participation, empowering them to participate in their own learning and feel a sense of enjoyment in the classroom and around school as a result of their voices being heard.

Student Leadership RoadMap