We are working with the UK Committee for UNICEF to work towards the Rights Respecting Schools Award (RRSA). This initiative places children’s rights at the very core of our school’s ethos and culture, aiming to enhance wellbeing and help every child realise their full potential.

UNICEF is the world’s leading organization for children, and in the UK, it supports thousands of schools to become safe, inspiring, and rights respecting learning environments.

The foundation of this award is the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC), adopted by governments worldwide in 1989. The Convention sets out the rights every child needs to survive, grow, participate, and thrive.

By working towards the Rights Respecting Schools Award, pupils will learn about their rights as outlined in the Convention and how to put them into practice every day. They will learn both about rights and through rights, developing as rights-respecting citizens locally and globally.

Schools that achieve the Gold Rights Respecting School Award demonstrate that children’s rights are embedded in school life and that mutual respect is modelled in all relationships and interactions.