The Trust Pupil Voice gives the pupils the opportunity to share their views with both The Trust and the schools. Made up of the Head Boy and Girl from each school, the Pupil Voice follow a self-developed Pupil Voice Charter, which forms their ethos and structure which themselves and future ambassadors will work by. The ambassadors will represent their school and allow the pupils to share their views with the Trust and which will give them the opportunity to work together with pupils from the family of schools. The purpose of the Trust’s Pupil Voice is:

• to represent pupils’ views from the schools

• to reach out to and work with, the schools, The Trust and beyond

• to make one small idea part of one big decision for everyone and improve all of the schools within The Trust

• to see everyone as equal and be democratic

• to form an established pupil voice in each school, under The Trust

The Trust Pupil Voice meets half termly and will be joined by the Chief Executive Officer of The Trust.

Trust Competitions

Berlesduna Academy Trust hold regular competitions in which all of the schools within the Trust take part. The competitions are hosted at a school within the Trust and gives our pupils the opportunity to visit our other schools and work together as a team. The competitions are greatly enjoyed by those who take part, so much so that the competitions were mentioned in a recent Ofsted report.

The competitions range from academic, artistic and sporty, such as:

• Poetry Slam

• Drama Competition

• Maths Challenge

• Science Challenge

• Spelling Bee

• Swimming Gala

• Football Tournament

• Netball Tournament

• Orienteering

• Nature Art Work and other Art competitions