Student Leadership
Welcome to Hayes School's student leadership page, here you can find everything you need to know about current events and opportunities for leadership at Hayes!
The core purpose of student leadership at Hayes is:
To represent the collective and diverse voice of our student body to support and drive the positive development of our school community.
Our Student Leadership Motto
"Excellence through Everyone"
As a student leadership group we decided out motto is "Excellence through Everyone", to represent how as a collective at Hayes School we are not only excellent people but also strive for excellence. The student leaders show dedication, resilience and commitment to the student council and are a key force of change in the school!
About our Student Leadership Opportunities
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Joining the student leadership team provides opportunities for you to become actively involved in decision making, take on leadership roles, work collaboratively with others to sustain and make a difference in developing our exceptional and inspirational community of lifelong learners.
There are so many opportunities to get involved in student leadership which not only benefits academic study but helps teach valuable transferable skills as shown in the Hayes Learner. For example, learning vital skills of communication through presenting to student council any ideas and changes, skills of independence from organising yourself and a group, and team player skills learnt from working with a group to facilitate positive change.
You can learn all of these skills by joining the student leadership groups!
Still not convinced? We spoke to some of our fab student leaders, here’s what they have to say:
“Student leadership has increased my confidence in speaking to SLT and allowed me to feel more listened to and valuable within Hayes community. Being involved in the equality and diversity group has encouraged me to talk about issues I care about to the wider audience and open theme up to future leadership roles within the student leadership team.” Equality and Diversity representative
“Being the Year 7 year captain has been one of the best experiences I’ve had so far at Hayes. I feel that being on the student leadership team has helped me develop as both a leader and as a team player. Being the voice of Year 7 is a true privilege which I hope to continue as well as preparing for future rolls around the school.” Year 7 Year captain
“I am the Year 9 year captain and it’s one of the best opportunities at Hayes. I would really encourage everyone to take part in these roles. I have really enjoyed sharing the voice of other students and have loved contributing to creating Hayes as a happy and comfortable place for everyone. This leadership role has helped to strengthen my skills as a team player. I hope to be able to be part of the student leadership team for the rest of my journey at Hayes.” Year 9 Year captain
A levelled Key Stage 3 leadership award system has been introduced to recognise student contributions to the school community and their development and understanding of leadership skills. Every student is encouraged to participate in the award with the Leadership Passport below appearing in their student planner for ease of access and sign off.
Key Stage 3 Award Launch 2023-2024
In 2022-23 we introduced Leadership Training for all students involved in student leadership which uses nationally recognised resources from the Pixl LORIC strategy and focuses on the development, understanding of and demonstration of leadership skills underpinned by the Hayes Learner attributes.
It is our am to put students in the driving seat of their leadership development. Leadership Training takes place each term and is built on year by year. Topics and themes for training can be seen below:
A Snapshot of Year 7 Student Leadership Training in November 2022
Student Leadership Beyond Hayes
Bromley Youth Council Manifesto Event - April 2023
Visit to Houses of Parliament and Department for Education - September 2023
