Birchfield Community Primary School

Student Voice

The Student Voice are a group of children who range from Year 1 to Year 6. They are selected by their peers through votes and elections.

Each class picks a member to represent the views of all children across Birchfield School. We know we have a great school - but we know we can make it even better! The aim of the Student Voice is to make meaningful changes to school life for all members of our community, ensuring that the children feel 'heard' and valued. They wear a blue badge, like the one below, so that they can be easily-identified by their peers.

The Student Voice meet to discuss a variety of different ideas. These are issues raised both by the children and the staff. They may be whole-school issues or specific to groups of children.

Previously, we have implemented some meaningful changes.

New after school clubs that the student body chose
Playground buddies to support children who find play times tricky and need someone to play with
Changes to our marking policy to make sure it is meaningful for both pupils and staff
Arranged with FOBS to fund the repair of our school equipment on the playground
Work around metacognition and helping ourselves with our learning. This led to our school metacognition strategies
Consulting on our curriculum changes, including what we learn about and how. This has been across a range of subjects

Our Student Voice are also key in our recruitment processes. They meet our candidates and have a say in who they feel would be right to work in our school. We are continuing our work around our curriculum and always looking for other ways to enhance school life.