We are delighted to announce that Delamere has been reaccredited as a Gold Rights Respecting School. This prestigious recognition, awarded by UNICEF UK, represents the highest level of accreditation and reflects the schoolâs full integration of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) across its ethos, curriculum, and policies. It affirms that childrenâs rights are at the heart of the schoolâs culture, promoting a safe, respectful, and empowering environment in which pupils are supported to develop as informed and active global citizens.
To read the full report, scroll down to the bottom of this page
Our assessor highlighted our strengths, see below:
âSenior leaders who speak passionately of a desire to develop a school environment which helps every child to be actively involved in shaping their learning.” “Pupils feel valued and safe at school.” âThe extent to which pupils are listened to and involved in decision making.” “Staff are highly skilled in accessing specialist support for pupils.” “The caring and nurturing ethos of the school, where the values of dignity and respect are consistently modelled and valued by the whole school community. Since the previous Gold accreditation, staff have worked closely with children and families to review and refine behaviour policies and structures.” “Active and engaged governors and a parent council fully support embedding a child rights approach across the whole school community and beyond.” “Duty bearers who are passionate advocates for ensuring children access their rights.”
âSenior leaders who speak passionately of a desire to develop a school environment which helps every child to be actively involved in shaping their learning.”
“Pupils feel valued and safe at school.”
âThe extent to which pupils are listened to and involved in decision making.”
“Staff are highly skilled in accessing specialist support for pupils.”
“The caring and nurturing ethos of the school, where the values of dignity and respect are consistently modelled and valued by the whole school community. Since the previous Gold accreditation, staff have worked closely with children and families to review and refine behaviour policies and structures.”
“Active and engaged governors and a parent council fully support embedding a child rights approach across the whole school community and beyond.”
“Duty bearers who are passionate advocates for ensuring children access their rights.”
During our assessment our assessor also spoke to children, staff and parents. These are some of his findings:
.â These children have always been happy , but now they are happy and independent.” âRRSA slows down my thinking and helps me to step into a childâs shoes more. The more reflection I do, the more I can put the child in the centre of everything. â âThere are often a lot of professionals involved in our childrenâs lives and rights language carries more meaning.â “My child canât necessarily express themselves and I am their best advocate. Itâs nice to be able to give our view and for school to take that onboard.
.â These children have always been happy , but now they are happy and independent.”
âRRSA slows down my thinking and helps me to step into a childâs shoes more. The more reflection I do, the more I can put the child in the centre of everything. â
âThere are often a lot of professionals involved in our childrenâs lives and rights language carries more meaning.â
“My child canât necessarily express themselves and I am their best advocate. Itâs nice to be able to give our view and for school to take that onboard.
Find out bit more about the Convention on the Rights of the Child by visiting: unicef.org.uk/crc
The Rights Squad have started their exciting new role as Delamere Detectives! These young leaders take part in learning walks around school, exploring classrooms to see whatâs going well and what could be even better.
By observing lessons, talking to classmates, and sharing their honest views, they help us celebrate strengths and spot areas to grow. Itâs a fantastic way to capture pupil voice and make sure our children feel heard, valued, and involved in shaping their school experience.
Weâre proud of our Detectives and the thoughtful insights they bringâhelping make Delamere the best it can be for everyone!
Some of the feedback that they shared:
Borders on displays were not neat
A little bit too noisy
I liked the tuff tray
I liked that Ladybird were outside
Worldâs Largest Lesson Article 13
The children at Delamere took part in the âThe Worldâs Largest Lessonâ which promotes use of the Sustainable Development Goals in learning so that children can contribute to a better future for all.
We learnt about cold environments and how ice melts.
In our steering group meeting this term, we celebrated winning the silver award. We walked outside the school to look at our new sign showing the award we achieved. We brainstormed ideas of how to ensure all children at Delamere school understand their rights including those from different countries, those speaking other languages and English as an additional language. Our ideas included: asking each class to make a flag of a different country, making a video of understanding our rights in different languages and writing a letter to Joe Biden, the new American president asking him to sign UNICEF’s rights respecting schools for all children’s rights. We are excited to do these activities very soon and have some ideas in store to celebrate “Everyone is Special Day” in December, celebrating our differences and learning about different conditions. Watch this space!
The Rights Squad met to write our letters to President Joe Biden. It was important for us to discuss and write to the new US president about our rights as a Rights Respecting School as we believe all children in schools should be safe, happy and kind. We were surprised that the USA is the only country that has not signed for children’s rights yet in line with UNICEF and the UN conventions. We spoke about Joe Biden being the new president who may want to sign if we help to convince him why it is so important! We should all have opportunities to participate to our fullest and have our needs met from person-centred teaching and care from staff. Polly and Mason explained that “all voices matter!” The Rights Squad agreed that they felt safe at Delamere.
We discussed how to send letters and pictures to Joe Biden and could do this through sourcing his address, following him on Twitter and using our Delamere twitter page. Ben- the teacher in Woodpecker class has kindly offered to help with US links with his friends and family there. We spoke about potentially making American pen pals to share stories and write more about the importance of our rights. The four key areas being: wellbeing, participation, relationships and self esteem. Polly requested finding out his favourite colour so we could write to him using his favourite colour which is very kind. We are really excited to have these letters posted and eagerly await his reply!
