Pupil Voice

Heads of School (Head Girl, Head Boy, Prefects) 

The Head Boy and Head Girl, together with the Prefects, work closely with Mr Ben (Head) and the Management Team to ensure that the school runs smoothly. They discuss and respond to suggestions from their peers in the suggestion box which sits outside Mr Ben’s office and action initiatives throughout the year. Their positions of responsibility mean that they can also mastermind initiatives of their own; recently they wrote to the school community asking for donations for Ukrainian refugees. During their meetings with Mr Ben he sometimes uses them as a soundboard for ideas that he may have for the school. 

The Prefects are given responsibilities such as announcing House Points and speaking during assembly, meaning that they are prominent figures and role models. The Head Girl and Head Boy write and deliver speeches at major school events, including the beginning and end of term assemblies and Prize Giving.  

School Reporters 

The School Reporters meet with Miss India (Head of Marketing & Communications) to generate a buzz about school life, providing a pupil take on events, trips and day-to-day activities. They conduct interviews with their peers, staff and visitors, sometimes alongside another set of monitors – e.g they interviewed the recently appointed Head of Music with the Music Monitors. They regularly update their Frog (VLE) page with challenges and riddles, and help to produce a ‘pupil takeover edition’ of the school newsletter.  

STEM Monitors 

The STEM Monitors meet with the Science, Computing and Design Technology Departments to promote and generate an enthusiasm for STEM throughout the school and help ensure the departments are well regarded amongst pupils; this can be anything from competitions and activities run over a school holiday to brainstorming ideas for the biennial STEM Day. They also have responsibilities given to them by the IT department, such as monitoring printer ink levels.  

Library Monitors 

The Librarians work closely with Miss Lindsay (Library Co-ordinator) to promote and generate an enthusiasm for reading throughout the school. They take pride in assisting Miss Lindsay in organising the Library and in helping her during events such as the hugely popular World Book Day. They drum up support for important initiatives such as the annual Book Drive, making posters and promoting it across the school.  

Music Monitors 

The Music Monitors work closely with the Music Department to promote and generate an enthusiasm for music throughout the school. They choose pieces of music to share with the whole school during assemblies and deliver short speeches about these pieces. They are currently involved in the planning of the first whole school music day.  

Art Monitors 

The Art Monitors work closely with Miss Susannah (Head of Art) to promote and generate an enthusiasm for art throughout the school and assist the department in many ways. They run competitions for pupils across the school which they then judge and award prizes for, with the results displayed on their Frog page and in the corridor outside the Art department.  They also showcase pupils’ work, trips and extra-curricular art interests. 

Games Captains 

The Games Captains work closely with the PE Department to promote and generate an enthusiasm for sport throughout the school.  The Games Captains post school sporting news onto the board outside the PE Office,  celebrating victories and results. They are prominent sportsmen and sportswomen in their year, motivating their peers at fixtures and at their crowning glory – Sports Day! 

Swimming Captains 

The Swimming Captains work closely with the PE Department to promote and generate an enthusiasm for swimming throughout the school. They write and deliver speeches at swimming galas throughout the year and provide a role model for the younger swimmers in the school.  

House Captains – Charrington, Macmillan, Nunneley and Thomson 

The House Captains work closely with the staff Heads of House to organise House related events and promote and generate a sense of pride in their House. They are role models to the younger members of the Houses. The House Captains’ biggest responsibility is their charity day (one for each House each year) where the entire school takes part in an event such as Crazy Hair Day (link to news story) which fundraises for the House’s chosen charity for that year. They motivate the pupils in their House during inter-house events such as the Upper School Swimming Gala, Sports Day and so on. They also have a House Frog (VLE) page, and a physical board in school to post House news on.