Pupil Governors at Park View

At Park View, our Pupil Governors play a vital role in shaping school life. They are a group of children who represent the views of their classmates and help make our school the best it can be for everyone.

Our model is inspired by the UK Parliament’s representative system. Children can become Pupil Governors in two ways:

• Election: Each class from Year 1 to Year 6 holds a formal, secret ballot in September to elect a class representative.
• Appointment: Pupils from specific groups are invited to join to ensure diverse representation. This includes children from the Deaf Resource Provision, neurodivergent pupils, Young Carers, Looked After Children, and those who reflect the cultural and religious diversity of our school.

Pupil Governors take on meaningful responsibilities that contribute to the life and environment of Park View. One of their key roles is helping to care for our school site—identifying areas for improvement, encouraging others to look after their surroundings, and supporting projects that make our school cleaner, greener, and more welcoming.

Each half-term, Pupil Governors gather feedback from their peers on a specific aspect of school life. This is discussed in a full council meeting, where ideas and suggestions are shared with school leaders.

They also help organise special events. In the 2025–2026 school year, our Pupil Governors will be involved in planning and celebrating Park View’s 60th Anniversary—from event promotion to post-event evaluation.

Being a Pupil Governor helps children develop valuable life skills such as leadership, teamwork, communication, and organisation. It’s a chance to be a role model, make a difference, and have a voice in shaping the future of our school.

Pupil Governor Elections

Our class pupil governors are selected through secret ballot.

Children nominate themselves based on the job description. A short list of 4 children per class is created.

All children vote for who will be the Pupil Governor for their class.

We use the poling booths and ballot boxes from the Council so the children become familiar with how voting works in the UK. 

In addition to the elected Pupil Governors, we have appointed Pupil Governors. These children are selected because they offer different perspectives and voices about life at Park View. These children include representative from different cultural and religious communities, SEND children, looked after children and young carers. 

Pupil Governors 2023-24

The Pupil Governors this year contributed to ideas for Belonging Week and how to make the Curriculum more inclusive of the children in our school.

They also had a focus of trying to reduce our schools contribution to climate change. Due to their initiatives, the school will have an Eco Lead Teacher from September 2024 and we were award The Woodland Trust's Green Tree Schools Bronze Award. 

London and the Houses of Parliament Visit

Most of our Year 5 and 6 Pupil Governors were invited to visit the Houses of Parliament.

Joining Mrs Owens, Mrs Norman and Mrs Brookes, the children took a relaxed walking tour of some of the London landmarks; followed by lunch sat in Parliament square. During the afternoon, the children took a tour of the Houses of Parliament and joined in with a Debating and Laws Workshop, led by the UK Parliament Education team. 

Pupil Governors 2021-2022

Park View Pupil Governors make a Difference to their Community

Pupil Governors at Park View Primary School voted to raise funds to buy a defibrillator to be placed in the school for the benefit of their local community.  They have worked tirelessly to achieve more than £1,300 since September.  Through a variety of of fundraising activities including a Lego competition, toy sale and a Jubilee cake decorating competition, they have been instrumental in leading fundraising efforts. In addition to the purchase of the defibrillator they have also been able to contribute to Comic Relief , Ukraine crisis and the purchase waterproof medical bags.