What is a school council?

A school council is group of students who are elected to represent the views of all pupils and to improve their school.

“School council” means all kinds of school-based groups run by students, including student forums and youth parliaments.

A school council does a number of things:

• The school council meets – usually with a teacher present – to discuss and sort out problems. These may include school lunches, behaviour or ideas for fundraising events.
• Members of the school council will be responsible for carrying out the ideas that have been agreed, such as planning discos, writing newspaper articles, or meeting with catering staff.