At Kilton Thorpe we have a thriving Student Council, which is made up of 2 committees. The Upper council, which comprises the 6th Form representatives, and the Lower Council, which includes the Primary and Secondary pupil representatives. There are also representatives from the PMLD and the Autistic Home Bases on the committees.

                               

The councils have two main purposes. Firstly it ties in with aspects our PSHE and Citizenship curriculum by introducing the concepts of living in a democracy and being bound by the rules of this (constitution) etc. It also gives pupils a flavour of what it is like voting and taking part in a real election. Just as importantly it helps empower the pupils and encourages the idea that individuals can make a difference and bring about change.

Pupils elect to stand and are nominated and seconded by fellow pupils and an election day is set so that all pupils get an opportunity to vote. The school becomes a polling station for the day and we usually have PC Eric Green in attendance and use an official ballot box and polling booths.

The elected pupils meet every half term and report back to the Governors and the whole school at the annual general meeting which is also used to thank the outgoing council and welcome the newly elected members.

Last years council managed to bring about a number of changes including arranging for table clothes and individual plates and dishes to be used for the 6th Form lunches. The lower group also arranged to sell ice pops in the summer term during break times to raise money to purchase games to be used for break and lunch time.