Messaging and challenging

reward schools recognise that inclusion is inextricable from children’s rights.

Practices are informed by the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) and many schools have achieved UNICEF’s Rights Respecting Schools award. This rights-based approach has supported the development of an inclusive culture and ethos.

Awareness-raising campaigns take place and are often pupil led. This includes activities that raise awareness of autism, mental health and disability. Schools demonstrate their LGBTQ+ allyship through use of rainbow lanyards and flags and awareness is raised through the rainbow laces campaign.

Staff and pupils are confident in challenging stereotypes, prejudice and inappropriate language. 

We are a UNICEF Silver Accredited Rights Respecting School. As such, we have successfully evidenced our ability to embed fundamental children’s rights within our curriculum and actively encourage and promote inclusion, diversity and respect. Our Pupil Empowerment Teams had, and continue to have, a large role to play in this and have actively promoted awareness raising campaigns (such as wearing green to highlight stigma around mental health), in order to ensure all of our community feel safe, valued and respected.