Student Leadership & Student Council

Our Sixth Form Leadership Team are elected at the start of Year 12 to lead whole College community initiatives such as the annual Advent Appeal and our Ukraine Appeal in 2022. Community appeals form part of our Faith in Action as a Church of England College, our 2021 Advent Appeal included a sponsored, historic walk across London, fundraising and collating donated items to gift to refugees living in London.

Two members of the Team are appointed as Head Girl and Head Boy with a further four members are appointed as Deputy Head Girl and Boy.

The role of the Sixth Form Leadership Team includes:

Chairing meetings and supporting younger students to develop ideas to improve areas of the school.
Developing younger pupils understanding of what leadership is and passing on experience to help develop their ability to lead.
Reporting back to Mr Field and SLT on the progress being by the area of the council that you are responsible for.

Year 11 Prefects

Being able to lead and work alongside other pupils is an important skill to develop for any role that students wish to take on in the future. Year 11 Prefects are attached to a form group to work with the Tutor Rep and assist them in working with the form, to identify any key issues that pupils would like addressed around the school. The responsibilities that come with this role include:

Developing Tutor Reps' understanding of how to gather information in an effective manner.
Supporting the Tutor Rep in gaining an understanding of the feeling of the tutor group. Then compiling that information into potential actions that can be brought to a meeting.
Supporting Tutor Rep in feeding back to the mini committee to ensure that all views from the form group are expressed clearly.

Student Council

The Student Council is split in to 4 sub-committees:

Fundraising Committee

The role of the Fundraising Committee is to create opportunities and events where, as a school we can raise money for charities and different needs in our local and surrounding areas. Meetings consist of developing ideas and proposals that for events, that can be put forward to SLT and hopefully be put into motion to raise funds for our chosen charities or initiatives. Examples of different events that have been actioned in the past include:

Mufti-Day
Robes Project
Australian Bushfire Support Week

They also have the opportunity to help with existing projects throughout the year.variety of different capacities from the planning through to the implementation of the event.

Student Matters Committee

The role of the Student Matters Committee is to improve and develop the different opportunities for pupils at Bacon’s College. They are responsible for identifying how pupils feel about school life. A pupil’s survey to discover way in which we can improve areas of school life and developing the current rewards programme to tailor it to what motivates pupils the most.

It is important that the student voice is heard and that as a school we offer the best and most exciting opportunities for the pupils who are recognised for their positive contribution towards lessons and general school life. This is why it is important to gauge the feeling of the student body and develop the rewards programme so that there is a high level of competition to make it into the top 70 pupils in each year group.

School Site Committee

The role of the School Site Committee is to maintain and develop the school site including outdoor areas, corridors, and classrooms. They are responsible for the development of the outdoor areas and proposing changes to the current provision.

They are also responsible for the way as a school we currently dispose of rubbish and researching way into which we can become an eco-friendlier school. We made fantastic step last year with our reusable and sustainable bottles, however we also want to make our school site an eco-friendlier area.

Teaching and Learning Committee

The role of theTeaching and Learning Committee is to gauge how pupils feel about the opportunities they receive to continue their learning outside of lesson time. They are tasked with developing opportunities for pupils to in subject areas to develop their knowledge and learning outside of the classroom.

This may include looking at the extra curricular provision available to pupils to continue their learning outside of the classroom, different competitions that pupils can take part in to broaden their learning and develop a healthy level of competition between pupils and forming councils that can have a direct impact in the different curriculum areas around the school.