Adults: What can you do next?

We would really like to hear your response or comments to the key messages that children and young people have shared with us and also about any good practice examples that you would like to share.

We would also like to hear from children and young people about how they are listened to within their educational settings; what they think about these messages and any ideas they may have to take this forward.

There are some suggestions below of possible next steps:

What can you do with these messages?

Head teachers

• Inform the staff in your school about this resource (Here’s a PowerPoint presentation* that you may wish to use)
• Display the poster in a prominent position in the school. (Further copies can be downloaded here)
• Discuss the messages with your staff and pupils
• Encourage your school council to look at the messages
• Review pupil participation across your school with students and staff
• Ask individual teachers to discuss the messages with their pupils
• Ask individual teachers to display the poster in their classrooms

Teachers and trainee teachers

• Think about the messages – ask your pupils for their ideas and comments.
• Display the poster in your school.
• Consider your practice in the light of these messages.
• Consider ways to enable your pupils to be active participants in all aspects of their education.
• Display the poster in your classroom
• Develop a poster with your own pupils’ messages

Governors

• Discuss the report and the key messages in a meeting
• Ask the headteacher whether the poster has been displayed in the school
• Ask for feedback from headteacher and importantly from the school council
• Review pupil participation across in your school in conjunct with students and staff

* This PowerPoint presentation is in .pdf format. You can view it as a slide show by typing Ctrl + L. To exit the presentation just click Esc.