We are proud to be a Gold ‘Rights Respecting School’. This is an award given to schools by UNICEF, a leading organisation for children and their rights.
A rights-respecting school not only teaches about children’s rights but also models rights and respect in all its relationships: between teachers and adults and pupils, between adults and between pupils.
The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child is the basis of all Unicef’s work and its principles lie at the heart of the Rights Respecting Schools Award.
The CRC sets out the human rights of every person under the age of 18 and is the most complete statement on children’s rights treaty in history. It was adopted by the UN General Assembly in 1989 and is the most widely adopted international human rights treaty in history. The UK ratified the CRC in 1991.
The Convention has 54 articles that cover all aspects of a child’s life and set out the civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights that all children everywhere are entitled to. It also explains how adults and governments must work together to make sure all children can enjoy all their rights.
Every child has rights, whatever their ethnicity, gender, religion, language, abilities or any other status.
The ‘Rights Respecting School Award’ (RRSA) helps our children grow into thoughtful, respectful and responsible young members of the school and wider community. By learning about their rights, our children also learn about the importance of respecting the rights of others.
You can find out more about the award and work of UNICEF on their website.
A rights-respecting school not only teaches about children’s rights but also models rights and respect in all its relationships: between teachers and adults and pupils, between adults and between pupils.
The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child is the basis of all Unicef’s work and its principles lie at the heart of the Rights Respecting Schools Award.
The CRC sets out the human rights of every person under the age of 18 and is the most complete statement on children’s rights treaty in history. It was adopted by the UN General Assembly in 1989 and is the most widely adopted international human rights treaty in history. The UK ratified the CRC in 1991.
The Convention has 54 articles that cover all aspects of a child’s life and set out the civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights that all children everywhere are entitled to. It also explains how adults and governments must work together to make sure all children can enjoy all their rights.
Every child has rights, whatever their ethnicity, gender, religion, language, abilities or any other status.
The ‘Rights Respecting School Award’ (RRSA) helps our children grow into thoughtful, respectful and responsible young members of the school and wider community. By learning about their rights, our children also learn about the importance of respecting the rights of others.
You can find out more about the award and work of UNICEF on their website.
