Pupil Parliament

At Parochial, we believe every child should be heard, respected, and empowered to lead positive change. Our Pupil Parliament enables children in Years 5 and 6 to take on purposeful leadership roles and shape the life of the school.

Members are part of a wider leadership structure across our trust, Forward As One. They represent pupil voice, influence decisions that matter to children in our community, and work together to drive change.

How It Works

Children are appointed to one of six departments, each with a key focus that aligns with trust-wide priorities:

Department for Education
Department for Environment and Safety
Department for Vision, Values and Ethos
Department for Rights and Justice
Department for Sport, Media and Culture
Department for Health and Wellbeing

Parochial Representatives

Department	What We Focus On	Parochial Representatives
Education	Supporting learning and teaching across our school	Layla Sidebottom, Harmanmohan Singh
Environment and Safety	Caring for our school environment and ensuring safe spaces	Ojasvi Thathapuzha, Miles Ablus- Charles
Vision, Values and Ethos	Promoting our Christian values and leading through faith	Aria Martorana, Sophia Ablus- Charles
Rights and Justice	Championing fairness, equality and pupil voice	Isobella Smith, Ava Towey
Sport, Media and Culture	Sharing Successes through sports, the arts and media and also leads on promoting e-safety and responsible digital use across school.	Leo Ryan, Alex Nelson
Health and Wellbeing	Promoting healthy minds, bodies and positive relationships	Rielle Wolstonhol

Our Pupil Parliament works towards these shared leadership goals:

What's Happened This Year

Our Pupil Parliament has been busy working on projects within each department:

Vision, Values and Ethos: Contributed to worships across school and worked on creating a class altar inspired by World Bee Day.
Education: Shared feedback about classroom learning environments and how pupils learn best.
Sport, Media and Culture: Helped promote new sports and celebrated team achievements with photos and class shout-outs.
Rights and Justice: Supported Acts of Kindness Week and led class discussions about fairness and inclusion.
Health and Wellbeing: Promoted lunchtime mindfulness and checked in with children about feeling calm and safe.
Environment and Safety: Worked with Mr Ryan (our caretaker) to build and place bird boxes in the outdoor area and led litter-picking.

Beyond Parochial - A Trust- wide Vision

Parochial’s Pupil Parliament is part of the Forward as One Pupil Advisory Board (PAB) – a trust-wide leadership structure that brings together children from across all FA1 schools.

Each department is led by a member of the FA1 Central Team, and all pupils work together to explore topics including:

Children’s rights (UNCRC)
British Values in action
Wellbeing and mental health
Environmental sustainability
Equity and inclusion
Teaching and learning priorities