At Alsop High School, we are committed to the holistic development of every student. One of the ways we achieve this is by offering opportunities for students to join our Student Leadership Teams, which reflect our core values of:

  • Ambition

  • Respect

  • Community

What do our Student Leaders do?

Our Student Leadership Teams work collectively to support key school events, including:

  • Open Evenings

  • Parent Evenings

  • Year 6/7 Transition Events

  • Awards Evenings

  • External Visitor Events

In addition, Student Leaders contribute to the school improvement plan and journey, ensuring student voice is heard across our community and shapes the future of our school.

Students apply for positions within their chosen leadership team and complete an application form. This is submitted to their form tutor who selects the top three applications for each position. The top three students then either present or have their application statement read out in tutor time before students vote for the candidate they would like to represent them during the Alsop Student Leadership Elections.

Successful applicants:

  • Attend half termly meetings with their team and Team and Middle or Senior Leadership Link member of staff

  • Discuss, collate and represent the views of their peers at meetings

Run a weekly Student Drop-In, gathering feedback on topics chosen by students or requested by SLT.

Being a Student Leader is an opportunity to:

  • Influence school decisions

  • Develop leadership and communication skills

  • Represent your peers

  • Make a positive impact on school life

  • Strengthen links between students and staff

  • Support personal growth and aspiration

We have a range of councils and team covering all aspects of school life:

Sixth Form Leadership Team

  • School Captains

  • School Vice Captains

  • Sixth Form Leaders

They represent Sixth Form in:

  • Culture Council

  • Curriculum Council

  • Personal Development Council

In addition, the Sixth Form Student Leadership team play a significant role in developing the “Sixth Form Experience”. They lead on Fund Raising, Charity Work, supporting students in younger year groups and in the recruitment processes for future sixth form students.

The aim of the Culture Council is to promote good attendance and punctuality, encourage positive behaviour, support a clean, safe, and respectful school environment and strengthen understanding and ownership of school rules

  • One representative per tutor group, elected by peers.

  • Focus areas:

    • Attendance barriers

    • Behaviour policy feedback

    • Rewards systems

    • School environment

  • Two representatives from each year group join the Whole School Culture Council, chaired by the Head of School.

The aim of the Curriculum Council is to work in partnership with teachers and school leaders to: Share student perspectives on the curriculum and learning experiences, give feedback on teaching and learning approaches in lessons, provide constructive input on assessment and feedback practices and help strengthen communication between students and teachers on academic progress.

  • One representative per tutor group, elected by peers.

  • Focus areas:

    • Teaching and learning strategies

    • Barriers to learning

    • Curriculum feedback

    • Classroom environment

Two representatives from each year group join the Whole School Curriculum Council, chaired by the Assistant Principal for Teaching and Learning.

The Personal Development Student Council is a student leadership body that works with school leaders and staff to: give feedback and suggestions on PSHE and personal development opportunities, share student perspectives on careers education and guidance, strengthen and celebrate the house system., help shape extra-curricular activities and participation, share ideas for school trips and enrichment opportunities and contribute to a fair and motivating rewards system.

The council aims to make student experiences outside the classroom richer, more engaging, and more meaningful.

Includes:

  • House Councils (one representative per tutor group)

  • Sports Leadership Councils (per year group)

Focus areas:

  • House events and rewards

  • Extra-curricular activities

  • Charity work and trips

  • Development of the Alsop Charter

Sports leaders also engage with Liverpool Schools Sports Partnership (LSSP) and local primary schools to promote leadership through sport.