Student Leadership/Council

At CNCS, we firmly believe in the power of the student voice. We provide students with a number of different Leadership opportunities whilst they are at school, ranging from Head Boy and Head Girl to Student Council Tutor Representatives. We believe that it is imperative to give students a voice and to take their opinions and views on board, looking to change and improve things where we can.

Head Boy and Head Girl

Year 12 have the opportunity at the end of the academic year to apply for the role of Head Boy and Head Girl. This is the pinnacle of student leadership and the role comes with a detailed job description which both challenges and develops the leadership skills of those students selected. The schools current Senior Student Leadership for 2022-23 are:

Head Girl: Symran Dogra
Head Boy: Brody Houston
Deputy Head Girl: Karen Oduro
Deputy Head Boy: Daniel O'Hara
Senior student leadership team: Kyler Rugonumugabo, Caitlin Heaphy, Saanvi Chohan and Jiya Kohli

School Prefects

The Prefect System is highly respected by our students and they wear their special pins with pride. They are easily identified by the school as they are distinguished by their green ties. Our Prefects are positive role models and help to promote the ethos of the school by supporting both staff and students in everyday tasks, events and initiatives. Our students are eligible to apply for these positions at the end of year 10, if they meet the criteria relating to attendance, punctuality and behaviour, and have the qualities needed to be successful in the role.

Student leadership opportunities

We understand the importance of student leadership at Cardinal Newman Catholic School. It helps to develop students' resilience, leadership, confidence and many more skills. Students have the opportunity to be involved in the following leadership opportunities

Student leadership opportunities at Cardinal Newman School 

	Description of opportunity
Year 7	Tutor roles (talking points leader, chaplaincy rep, charity rep, sports leader, standards rep, pastoral book monitor)  Student council representative  Student librarian  Student assembly  Faith in Action Diocesan Award
Year 8	Tutor roles (talking points leader, chaplaincy rep, charity rep, sports leader, standards rep, pastoral book monitor)  Student council representative  Student librarian  Anti-bullying ambassador  Student assembly  Faith in Action Diocesan Award
Year 9	Tutor roles (talking points leader, chaplaincy rep, charity rep, sports leader, standards rep, pastoral book monitor)  Student council representative  Student librarian  Reading mentor  Cultural Diversity group  Anti-bullying ambassador  Student assembly  Faith in Action Diocesan Award
Year 10	Tutor roles (talking points leader, chaplaincy rep, charity rep, sports leader, standards rep, pastoral book monitor)  Student council representative  Student librarian  Cultural Diversity group  Anti-bullying ambassador  Faith in Action Diocesan Award  Lourdes
Year 11	Tutor roles (talking points leader, chaplaincy rep, charity rep, sports leader, standards rep, pastoral book monitor)  Student council representative  Anti-bullying ambassador  Student Prefects  Prom Committee  Pope John Paul II Award Diocesan Award
Year 12	Student council representative  KS3 mentor  Sports leader/coach  Cultural Diversity group  Pope John Paul II Award Diocesan Award  Lourdes
Year 13	Student council representative  Head Boy and Head Girl  Pope John Paul II Award Diocesan Award

 

Student Council

The Student Council is an integral part of our school community, as developing the student voice is paramount to promoting change. The purpose of the Student council is to communicate their ideas and suggestions about a wide variety of issues. Pupils are encouraged to develop skills to help them communicate, think about important issues, express and justify opinions and contribute to discussions and debates. Minutes of the meetings are taken and shared with staff and students. A list of actions is drawn up and then students are informed of any decisions made via tutor discussions and E-Briefings.

As our Student Council is all about developing the student voice, students take part in an Election Campaign to democratically vote on their tutor’s representative. Students are encouraged to write speeches or make promotional videos and deliver their speeches to their tutors. Each individual student is then provided with a polling card, which they then take to the polling stations and cast their votes in ballot boxes.

Student Council representatives meet formally once a half term and discuss issues raised from their tutor groups, with the Headteacher and Governors. All information is fed back to tutor groups and actions are discussed. Not only do the representatives have formal meetings, each year group has a nominated chairman to help lead the discussions, as well as lead the analysis of the fortnightly Forms Questionnaire that is sent out to the student body. This is to encourage students to speak up and raise awareness of issues within school and make a real change to their time at Cardinal Newman.

CNCS has also introduced a KS3 Student Council Reporters Club, where student council members from Years 7-9 make a half termly summary video to update the student body on student council actions. This is to bring a more technological element to the student council and to ensure messages and actions are known to the entire school community.

Year 7
7HSE	7SNL	7EWB	7KJB	7CRN	7NWH	7MDH	7EMY	7SDS
Lucy Carter   Bobby Broughton Smith	Eva Thompson   Adeife Ade-Solanke	Jack Kirby   Willow Jacobs	Theo Curran   Gracie Watts	Daniel Mpobi   Ashley Ezzati	Ryan Wella   Calvin Donaldson	Elsie Roche   Kaleb Roddy	Vincent Chikopa   Winona Borges	Maita Nyamusamba   Dexter Cosby

 

Year 8
8TGN	8LMR	8LHN	8TEN	8RDS	8ABI	8JGD	8AHR	8LAR
Anushka Xaavier   Kaiden Richardson Summerfield	Joseph Dunne   Erris Herbert	Theo Stokes   Demi-Lea Wilson	Sharuga Uthayasan   Kevin Okeke	James Keenan   Yvonne Donzo	Kateryna Khomskytska   Francesca Poleszak	Paris Mutoro   Carys-Arlene Ezzati	Christiano Gill   Levi Agbaje	Tamzin Scope   Joel Shariff

 

 

Year 9
9SWN	9CPE	9CHT	9AMY	9ABK	9EBG	9JMH	9NMI	9CML
Mahmoud Jallow   Lacey Overton	Liam Dunne   David Kusnierz	Rolyn Kwele   Raee Wandji	Natalie Kuresova   Joshua Slater	Niall Eaton   Caelan O’Brien	Haydn Jones   Sandhun Pathmasri	Charlotte Parker   Gerard Gallagher	Freddie Feeney	Aliyah Omoregbee-Obasuyi   Jamie Twaites

 

Year 10
10FGS	10NOE	10SHN	10RCY	10SRO	10SSH	10JCG	10NML	10TRD
Evelyn McBrearty   Libbi Grantam	Liam Randle-Campbell   Theresa Fernandes	Esther Shosola	Abdul Janneh	Exauce Malula   Elizabeth Kerrigan	Olivia Shields   Cian Pittaway	Arek Banach	Sam Adu   Thamizhini Jeyakanth	Pierre Mackenzie   Keegan Hunter

 

 

Year 11
11AMI	11SMH	11SON	11HRS	11NSI	11ECM	11OCO	11AMW
Grace Smallridge   Crystal Waithaka	Klaudia Bezcek   Oliwer Syzmanski	Maguitta Sarbah   Sean Goremucheche	Patrick Ruddy   Honey Thompson	Sasha Nyamakanga   Sharon Fernandes	Nick Imagbovomwan   Jessica Kasham	Esther Aluko   Berenice Sengi	Steve Abbey   Erin Kilworth
Post 16
12SGL	12SHE	12RMN	12EDE	13MBE	13TDS	13AHS	13MCN
Tasha Skendrovic   Hendry Davis	Danny McGory   Grace Hannon	Jayden Zion   Margret Donzo	Ciar Jones   Judith Masih	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA

 

 

 

 

Eco Committee

The Eco-Committee is run and lead by like-minded students from each year group who take the lead in introducing, running and developing the Eco-Schools programme. Currently, the school are completing the steps towards achieving the green flag award. This award embarks the school on a meaningful path towards improving the environment in both the school and the local community while at the same time having a life-long positive impact on the lives of young people and their families. The Eco-Schools Green Flag is an internationally recognised award for excellence in environmental action and learning and the Eco-Committee are working extremely hard within the school to ensure Cardinal Newman achieves the award.

Years 7 and 8 are invited to help keep our school environment clean and tidy as Eco Champions. This role involves litter picking sessions and promoting environmentally friendly techniques to their peers! Our Eco Champions are excellent role models for their peers and wear their badges with pride.