A guide to the School Parliament at St Paul’s.

Introduction

The School Parliament for St Paul’s C of E primary School was first created in September 2022. The purpose of the Parliament is to provide pupils with a forum to pass on how they feel about the school and share ideas for how they would like their school to develop and improve. In addition, it serves as an important tool to aid in educating pupils about democracy and the way in which the country is governed.

How the parliament functions

The Parliament currently meets every 2/3 weeks and is made up of 11 pupils. These are the Prime Minister, Deputy Prime Minister, Chancellor, Foreign Secretary and then one MP representing each class from across Key Stage 2. The class MP’s hold discussions with their class and then these issues are discussed at each meeting of the Parliament with the MP acting as the go between. This way all pupils can have chance to have anything they feel that is important passed on. Furthermore, the meetings provide the opportunity for the Parliament to discuss progress on items that they are working on and decide on next steps. The meetings are chaired by the Prime Minister with Mr Colley acting as Clerk to the Parliament.

Current Members: