Student Council
Student Leadership
RCS Student Council is a group of students representing the student body, embodying the British values of democracy, mutual respect, and individual liberty. They are responsible for being the voice of their peers and take a leading role in decision-making and student voice, ensuring inclusivity and equal representation for all, regardless of protected characteristics such as gender, age, race, religion, or disability.
Councillors meet regularly with Key Stage Leads to discuss issues within the school community, address anything particularly affecting the student body, and debate solutions to these issues. This process reflects the importance of fairness and equality in decision-making.
Councillors play an essential role in representing the school ethos and student voice by communicating information about key events to their peers, encouraging participation and involvement, and helping to organise various events and activities throughout the school year, including charity fundraising events, social events, and extracurricular activities.
The School Council provides a fantastic opportunity for students to develop leadership, teamwork, and communication skills while promoting respect and understanding of the diverse needs of our school community. By working together to achieve common goals, members learn to co-operate effectively, express their ideas clearly and persuasively, and uphold values that celebrate the uniqueness of every individual. We are proud of the RCS Student Leadership Team!
Students interested in Student Leadership should speak to the relative Key Stage Lead (Mr Duckworth – KS3, Mrs Shaw – KS4) or Personal Development Lead – Miss Keogh (SLT Office).
Wickersley Partnership Trust Student Council
Wickersley Partnership Trust recognises the importance of listening and responding to ‘student voice’ to help shape improvements to the school.
Each Trust school has a representative group of students (School Councillors), elected by their peers, who form the ‘School Council’. They play an active role in school – organising events, raising issues and representing the views of their peers with Senior Leaders in the school.
Each School Councillor runs an ‘election campaign’ annually and their classmates vote for their new class representatives – this is democracy in action!
Wickersley Partnership Trust believes School Councils develop its core values including cooperation, mutual respect and a commitment to diversity and equality.
Wickersley Partnership Trust has a ‘Trust Council’ which has elected representatives from each of the school-based Councils, likewise, they help shape improvements to the Trust.
The Trust Council meets once every half term at rotating venues across the Trust. During these meetings, the students discuss Trust priorities – what’s going well already, and what we could do better in our schools and School Councils.
Charity fundraising is a key aspect of the Trust Council too – the Representatives come up with joint ideas on how we – as a Trust – can ramp up our charitable efforts.
At the end of each meeting, the Trust Council sets an agenda for the School Councils and how they’re going to move forward with their fantastic new ideas.
All minutes from the meetings will be shared with the Student Body by Trust Council Representatives and on Wickersley Partnership Trust’s website.
The Junior and Senior Trust Councils will also meet once a year at a leadership summit.
The Wickersley Partnership Trust Student Council will be coming soon.
Student Council News
RCS Student Council 2025/26
A huge congratulations to all the students who successfully secured a place on the RCS Student Council 2025-26, following a
Student Council 2024-25
In the Autumn Term, form groups nominated a representative to ensure every student’s voice could be heard, reflecting the British
Student Council Volunteers Achievement!
A massive thank you to the 22 exemplary Student Council volunteers! They supported the running of our recent Core Transition
