Coleshill Young Leaders
At Coleshill, we believe every child has the potential to lead, influence and make a difference. Our Young Leaders programme offers pupils real opportunities to shape school life, lift the voices of others and take pride in their community.
Through a wide range of leadership roles, pupils learn to collaborate, problem-solve and contribute positively to the world around them. Whether they are strengthening our environmental practice, promoting wellbeing, leading worship, supporting reading or championing play, our Young Leaders act as role models who bring our values to life.
This vibrant, pupil-powered model ensures that every child feels seen, heard and empowered — rooted in who they are, connected to their community, and ready to thrive as confident citizens of the future.
Through these opportunities, pupils actively enact British Values in meaningful and authentic ways. They experience democracy through voting and pupil voice, show mutual respect and tolerance through inclusive leadership, understand individual liberty by expressing their views confidently, and develop a strong sense of rule of law through responsibility and fairness in their roles.
Head Pupils
Our Head Pupils represent the school at key community events, such as Remembrance Sunday, and welcome visitors, acting as ambassadors for Coleshill. They demonstrate confidence, leadership, and responsibility while embodying the British Values of individual liberty and mutual respect. Their presence at school and community events influences our wider school culture and inspires younger children.
Our Head Pupils provide an important welcome to our school and most recently took a valuable role in interviewing candidates for a role within school.
Worship Council
Our Worship Council plays an important role in nurturing the spiritual life of the school. Pupils help to plan, lead and evaluate collective worship, ensuring it is meaningful, inclusive and rooted in our Christian vision. They also support reflection areas, including the use of our outdoor prayer space, creating opportunities for prayer and stillness.
Through this role, pupils develop their understanding of spirituality and help to foster a culture of respect, dignity and reflection. They promote mutual respect and understanding of people of all faiths and none, ensuring pupil voice shapes worship and strengthens its impact across the school.
Digital Leaders
Digital Leaders take responsibility for maintaining school technology and promoting e‑safety across the school. They help reinforce safe, responsible use of technology and educate others on the importance of online safety and understanding how to make safe choices. Recently Digital Leaders supporting the planning of Online Safety Day, which explored the safe use of AI.
My Happy Mind Leaders
These leaders support the wellbeing curriculum, promoting strategies that help all pupils understand emotions, build resilience, and show kindness. Their role contributes to a caring, inclusive school culture. By championing wellbeing, they help improve behaviour, relationships, and playtimes across the school.
Eco Council
Eco Councillors lead sustainability initiatives, collect pupil voice on environmental issues, and help drive improvements to outdoor learning and forest school practice. Eco Council positively influence the school’s ecological footprint and model stewardship of the environment.
Reading Champions
Reading Champions promote reading for pleasure, support whole‑school events such as World Book Day, and gather pupil voice on reading experiences. Their influence enriches literacy and supports a love of books across all year groups. Reading Champions recently organised a ‘Fun Friday’ during world book day week, creating a book swap across the school using donated books.
Student Council
The Student Council gives pupils a democratic voice in shaping school life particularly linked to our behaviour reward system. Councillors gather peer feedback and use it to plan half termly epraise rewards. They then support class votes for their reward. Their leadership helps ensures pupils are at the heart of decision making.
Coleshill Creatives
Coleshill Creatives take responsibility for improving the school in creative ways. This year they have designed invites to our 30th Anniversary Celebration, made Christmas Cards for our local neighbours and have been influential in the on-going re-design project of our shared areas in Key Stage 2. Their work ensures our school environment remains vibrant, welcoming, and reflective of the children’s achievements.
house Captains & Sports Leaders
House Captains lead their house teams by supporting Achievement Assemblies, celebrating success, and gathering pupil voice on sporting events and whole‑school competitions. They promote teamwork, encouragement, and fair play, modelling the mutual respect and democracy as they listen to peers and represent their views. Their leadership inspires pride and belonging across the school community.
Sports Leaders support our Sports Coach to organise PE equipment and are beginning to support in leading warm ups in PE lessons.
O-PALS
coming soon – Our Play Leaders will help ensure that our playtimes are fun and responsive to pupil voice, creating a wide range of opportunities to improve our lunchtime provision.
