Student Leadership

Primary leadership

There are a range of leadership opportunities for pupils at Oasis Academy Shirley Park Primary.

Staff and children vote each year from our Year 6 cohort for the Primary student leadership team (our Mini SLT), and the student Heads of Houses. This is made up of student Heads of Houses and their deputies.

Across the school pupils also get the chance to demonstrate leadership skills and develop greater responsibilities in the roles of 9 habit champions, physical health champions as well as wellbeing champions. In years 5 and 6 children are able to train as peer mentors and sports leaders, to help younger children on their journey through school. We also have a recently-formed and evolving eco-committee to help us as a school, commit ourselves to sustainability moving forward. Children are also able to take part in our active school council as academy MPs.

Primary School Council

At OASP Primary, we value the importance of pupil voice and giving each child the opportunity to know that their views have been considered when their peers bring forward issues that matter to meetings.  The School Council at OASP Primary is made up of representatives from each class and aims to encourage children to have some responsibility for the way things work and develop. Pupils put themselves forward as candidates by giving a short statement highlighting the qualities they embody and are elected by their peers through a class vote.

The responsibilities of a council member include: listening to the views of peers, sharing their ideas with the rest of the council and taking information from school council meetings back to their class. Their focus is developing the classroom environment, outside environment, how to spend funds raised by the PTA and maintaining a safe and happy community as well as making significant contributions towards school policies. Any decisions that are made are done so collectively and the council members confidently give this information to their classes. We see this as a good way to teach democracy and the children gain a sense of ownership from this experience.