School Council & Pupil Voice

At Pond Meadow we offer everyone the opportunity to attend and contribute to student council meetings. Every half term each class nominates a student representative to attend meetings and contribute to school newsletters.

There are separate lower school and upper school student council meetings which provide a great opportunity for students from across the school to socialise and build new friendships, and share their pupil voice. The students participate in planning whole school events and celebrations by voting and sharing ideas. We also discuss things we would like to improve at school. In Key Stage 3 and 4 they have been focusing on similarities and differences as well as carrying out surveys across the school asking peers and staff about what playground and sensory equipment they would like.

The school council played an important role in making decisions about the updates to our school library! Students voted on the colour of the library and chose new books. The student council also take part in SPAN school council days which involves attending a conference with peers from other schools to share what we have achieved each academic year.

We have pupil representatives from primary and secondary who attend our Destination Pond Meadow meetings and decide on ways to spend monies raised on school resources.