At Greenshaw High School we have several layers of school councils from Years 7 to 13. The school councils meet regularly and allow students to have a say on issues that affect them. It provides a platform for our students to voice their opinions and have their views taken into account.

Year councils

Each lower school year group has a council, made up of two representatives from each year group. These are selected by the tutor group, following speeches and an election process. This year council meets fortnightly, and minutes from the meeting are taken and then shared on our MLE (Frog), along with the meeting’s business being shared with each tutor group the following day in afternoon registration. Photographs of each year group council representatives are available on Frog, ensuring that students know who their representatives are. If students have any issues they wish to raise about the school, they should contact their tutor representative.

School council

The school council is made up of two representatives from each year council and meets once a term. As above, minutes are taken and made available on the year group pages of Frog. Over the last year, the School Council has discussed issues including school attendance, wellbeing and prior to the 2024 General Election, students met with our local Member of Parliament. 

Wider councils

Beyond our two layers of in-school councils, we also send representation to the shared councils of our multi-academy trust (the Greenshaw Learning Trust) and the local authority. Greenshaw High School has been actively participating in both of these groups over the last school year. Our students meet with others from Greenshaw Learning Trust school councils in online meetings. The agenda for these meetings included mental health as well as volunteering and social action. Greenshaw High School students have also attended in-person meetings at local schools in the London Borough of Sutton to discuss safety in the local area (including robbery and knife crime) with members of the Metropolitan Police.

The school councils annually support charities through organised events, and they support the Jack Petchey Award Scheme in the school. The School Council has responsibility for nominating the winning students and spending funds provided by the Jack Petchey Foundation in the interests of students. 

A real strength of the school is the way it involves students in decision-making and policies through ample opportunities, such as the school council.”  – Ofsted