St. Joseph’s receives prestigious UNICEF Award 

St. Joseph’s R.C. Primary has achieved the nationally acclaimed Silver Rights Respecting School Award by UNICEF UK. Pupils, parents and staff have worked together to meet the standards for this UNICEF prestigious accreditation. 

UNICEF is the world’s leading organisation working for children and their rights. The Rights Respecting Schools Award is granted to schools that show commitment to promoting and realising children’s rights and encouraging adults, children and young people to respect the rights of others in school. Silver is given to schools that make excellent progress towards embedding the principles of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child into its ethos and curriculum.  

The Award recognises achievement in putting the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child at the heart of a school’s planning, policies and practice. A Rights Respecting School is a community where children’s rights are learned, taught, practised, respected, protected and promoted. 

Having achieved Bronze in March of 2023, we are all very proud to celebrate achieving our Silver award.  Our school community has worked very hard to embed children’s rights in everything we do.  We can see the positive impact of the award on pupils, and the school as a whole. Thank you to our responsible pupils, staff and families for working together to make this achievement possible.

UNCRC Rights of the Child: Article 4 – Making Rights Real

SHANARRI: Included & Responsible