I was having a similar discussion on Monday, thanks for bringing awareness to how no one path can meet all needs at all times.
I see there are gestures towards recognising children's rights with the UNICEF rights respecting schools award. I remember looking at the behaviour management policy of the local school that I approached that had this award many years ago, and how that did not uphold part of section 28 where it talks about how education must be delivered in a way that respects the inherent dignity of the child. This is now particularly prominent where I live with most secondary schools being academies with lots of strict arbitrary rules and the young people I know not knowing the why behind them.
Often it seems what the award represents and what Ofsted wants are in opposition, as I am unsure how children are meant to uphold the rights the award champions if the model they experience at school is too often a top down leadership and culture set by the head?
Some schools have student councils so their voices can be heard so I guess it depends on how much they actually have influence and agency over.
That would be an interesting assembly/PTA/student council meeting-the limitations of being able to implement children's rights in our school, what can we shift?
I was having a similar discussion on Monday, thanks for bringing awareness to how no one path can meet all needs at all times.
I see there are gestures towards recognising children's rights with the UNICEF rights respecting schools award. I remember looking at the behaviour management policy of the local school that I approached that had this award many years ago, and how that did not uphold part of section 28 where it talks about how education must be delivered in a way that respects the inherent dignity of the child. This is now particularly prominent where I live with most secondary schools being academies with lots of strict arbitrary rules and the young people I know not knowing the why behind them.
Often it seems what the award represents and what Ofsted wants are in opposition, as I am unsure how children are meant to uphold the rights the award champions if the model they experience at school is too often a top down leadership and culture set by the head?
Some schools have student councils so their voices can be heard so I guess it depends on how much they actually have influence and agency over.
That would be an interesting assembly/PTA/student council meeting-the limitations of being able to implement children's rights in our school, what can we shift?