Rights Respecting School Award
We are delighted to announce that following our recent accreditation visit, Downderry Primary School has met the Gold standard for UNICEF UK’s Rights Respecting School Award. Children’s rights are embedded across the school and underpin every facet of school life. Please visit the school website Rights Respecting Page to find out more.
Strengths of the school include:
- Pupils who have excellent knowledge of rights, both within the school and wider worl, and are committed to helping realise these for other children locally and globally
- Consistent and natural use of rights language throughout the school
- A strategic approach of senior leaders and the RRSA lead embed a child rights approach, putting it at the core of the school’s ethos
- The caring and nurturing ethos of the school, where the values of dignity are lived and valued by the whole school community
- A strong focus on safety, health and wellbeing of students within the context of rights so that pupils feel supported and protected
- A curriculum that celebrates diversity, reflecting pupils’ identities and fostering a deep understanding of global citizenship
- Pupil voice is highly valued with a range of pupil voice groups giving opportunities for all children to put their suggestions forward and for these to be acted upon.
