Pupil Leadership
At Willowcroft Community School, we recognise that our children are the leaders of the future and therefore provide a range of opportunities for children to develop their leadership skills. We truly believe our children have the power to change the world and this is promoted through our LEAP curriculum.
Children’s voice is valued and promoted – each academic year, our children are given a platform to express the views of their school to help shape its development. We encourage all of our pupils to embrace the wide range of opportunities available to them – and always seek to find new ways that we can further empower them. This enables our children to develop as individuals, as a community and grow the school as a whole.
We have developed a range of leadership opportunities for our children. For some of our leadership positions, children are elected by their peers through a democratic process. Others require children to apply for posts either through a written letter of application, giving a presentation or going through an interview process.
Current Pupil Leadership Roles
Eco Leaders | The Eco Leaders work closely with Mrs Doy and Mr Jones looking after our school grounds and raising awareness based around eco-initiatives including recycling, energy use and important environmental issues affecting the world around us. Written applications should be addressed to the Head Teacher. |
Media Leaders | Applications are currently underway for our Media Team, who will be responsible for creating a termly newsletter. Applications to be made to Mrs Carey. Job description can be found below. |
School Council | The school council is formed from all children in all classes. The Communications Team have a greater degree of responsibility within the School Council. Written applications should be addressed to Miss Orr. To find out more please head to the School Council page on our website or contact Miss Orr. |
Head Boy and Head Girl | This is a role for Year Six only. The children will be selected by SLT following consultation with the teaching team and the children in the classes. This role will commence from September 2023. The job description will be posted below, and more information will follow in assembly. |
Reading Leaders | Our Reading Leaders will report to Miss Hook and will be responsible for promoting reading to the whole school. You will also be required to help with buying books according to our children’s interests and class topics. You will also help to organise reading events such as library visits, reading clubs and book sales. The job description will be posted below and more information to follow in assembly. |
Planned Roles for 2023/2024
Lunch leaders | This will be a small group of children who will report to Mrs Hussey. You will be required to support the children in the hall and around the school at lunchtime. The job description will be posted below and more information to follow in assembly. |
Play Leaders | Children in Year 5/6 are invited to apply to be trained on running organised games at playtime and lunchtimes. You will support the lunch time staff and will report to Mrs Hussey. The job description will be posted below and more information to follow in assembly. |
Current Job Descriptions
Meet the Teams
