Your Rights
UNICEF Rights Respecting School
Our school's vision and values have at their heart the importance of treating each other as we would want to be treated ourselves, with respect and dignity, making sure that each person is valued. This is one of the reasons why the work of UNICEF and Rights Respecting Schools is so significant to us.
We are proud to have achieved the first stage of the UNICEF Rights Respecting Schools Award to become a Bronze: Rights Committed School.
WHAT IS A RIGHTS RESPECTING SCHOOL?
The UNICEF UK Rights Respecting Schools Award (RRSA) is based on principles of equality, dignity, respect, non-discrimination and participation. The RRSA seeks to put the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child at the heart of a school’s ethos and culture to improve well-being and develop every child’s talents and abilities to their full potential.
A rights-respecting school is a community where children’s rights are learned, taught, practised, respected, protected and promoted. Young people and the school community learn about children’s rights by putting them into practice every day.
To find out more visit this website: https://www.unicef.org.uk/rights-respecting-schools/
Within our school, we hold the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child at the centre of everything we do. We have a Rights Respecting School (RRS) we are developing a committee which consists of Rights Ambassadors, from across the school.
Who is the Children’s Commissioner for Wales?
Roccio Cifuentes has been the Children’s Commissioner for Wales since April 2022. Her job is to tell people why children's rights are so important, and to look at how the decisions made by public bodies in Wales, including Welsh Government, affect children’s rights.
She has a team of people who work with her to make this happen. If you would like to learn more about the work of the Children's Commissioner for Wales, click the link below.