Weavers Academy is a community in which students are fully integrated in student leadership roles that support the work of the school and the wider community, while at the same time developing their leadership skills preparing them for the next stage of their education or employment.

Aims of Student Leadership

• To empower students to work in partnership with staff towards shared goals.  
• To provide opportunities for students to flourish within the school and wider community.
• To provide a chance for students to develop leadership skills through a variety of opportunities which impact positively within school on learning, teaching and well-being for both students and staff, as well as out of school in the local community.  
• To prepare students holistically to excel in life after formal education.

Student Council

The Student Council is open to everybody and each tutor group votes in their representatives.  The aim of the Council is to represent the views and opinions of all students at The Hart School. 

Diversity Ambassadors

This role will provide students with the opportunity to help celebrate diversity across the school and within the curriculum as well as improving in key areas where needed.

Anti-Bullying Ambassadors

Anti-Bulling Ambassadors are responsible for creating a fun, effective and long-term campaign that will help prevent and tackle bullying behaviour in our school.

Wellbeing/Mental Health Ambassadors

Students will be empowered to lead wellbeing initiatives that provide peer to peer support in school helping to protect the mental health of their peers and helping reduce the risk of mental illness now and later in life.

Sports Leaders

The sports leadership programme is available to all year 12 students as part of their enrichment programme.  It gives students the skills and knowledge to lead and officiate at local schools sporting events. Through the Sports Leaders initiative, students experience a range of roles including refereeing at football matches, being responsible for completing score sheets, managing time keeping and measuring distances during athletics events.

Arts Award

The Gold Arts Award is available to all year 12 students as part of their enrichment programme.  It gives students the skills and knowledge to lead arts based activities. Gold Arts Award is a young person-led qualification that encourages creativity and independent learning. It challenges young people to develop their arts practice, lead an arts project, investigate topical arts issues and get involved in the arts world.

All students in year 8 work towards completing the Bronze Arts Award during their creative arts and design lessons.  Bronze Arts Award develops young people’s artistic abilities alongside their research and communication skills. This level involves them in the arts as creators and audience members, and encourages them to take their first steps towards leadership by sharing their learning with others.