School Parliament

At Chandlers Ridge, you might put yourself forward to join our very active School Parliament! You will need to win over the other children with a speech outlining how you will represent your class well!

MPs and Deputy MPs are elected through a fair, democratic vote. Led by a Year 6 Prime Minister and Deputy Prime Minister, your Parliament promotes oracy, young leadership and citizenship. We want you all to take pride in their roles, contributing ideas and driving meaningful school improvement while living out our British Values in action:

• House of Lower School (Reception, Year 1 & Year 2)
• House of Upper School (Years 3-6)
• Presided over by Mrs Murray-Kast as Speaker.

What Do We Do?

Through the School Parliament, you have the opportunity to:

• Meet regularly to discuss ideas 
• Raise issues that are important to pupils 
• Share the views and ideas of their classmates
• Help make decisions and work on projects that improve and benefit the school
• Organise events and activities
• Support fundraising and charity initiatives
• Contribute to projects within the school and local community
• Engage with MPs, Youth MPs and Democratic Services to promote democracy across school. 

Projects and Activities

Throughout the year, our fantastic School Parliament takes part in a variety of projects and initiatives:

• Supporting charity fundraising events (e.g. food bank, Mental Health charities, Royal British Legion etc.) 
• Hosting a monthly podcast (see our social media pages) interviewing people from across our school community
• Organising pupil competitions and awareness activities
• Helping to develop areas of the school environment
• Promoting important themes such as online safety and wellbeing
• Taking part in events that bring our school community together