Rights Respecting School
Here at Ysgol Hendrefelin, we are working towards achieving the Silver Award to be recognised as a Rights Respecting School.
A Rights Respecting School is a community where children's rights are learned, taught, practised, respected, protected and promoted.
Ysgol Hendrefelin is working towards Silver: Rights Aware, the second stage of UNICEF UK's Rights Respecting Schools Award.
A Rights Respecting School is a community where children's rights are learned, taught, practised, respected, protected and promoted. Our learners learn what their rights are. Our staff teach them, model them and protect them every day.
The award is built on the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC). Every child has these rights from birth. They are not earned. They are not a reward for good behaviour. They belong to every learner, here and everywhere.
What the award means for our learners
Rights sit at the heart of daily life at Ysgol Hendrefelin. Learners help shape class charters. They talk about rights in lessons, in assemblies and in the choices they make. They learn that respecting your own rights means respecting the rights of others too.
For learners with additional learning needs, this work counts for even more. Knowing your rights builds confidence. It gives you a voice. It helps you speak up, make choices and take part in the world around you.
The three stages
The award has three stages. Bronze: Rights Committed comes first. Silver: Rights Aware follows. Gold: Rights Respecting is the highest.
We achieved Bronze: Rights Committed in [month/year]. We are now working towards Silver. To reach it, we show a UNICEF assessor how children's rights run through our policies, our practice and our culture across both sites.
Learning today for a better tomorrow
This work sits at the core of who we are. When learners know their rights, they feel safe. They feel heard. They thrive.
Children and young people have 42 rights under the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC).
These 42 rights give children and young people what they need to grow up happily, healthily and safely.
