We believe student leadership is one of the essential strands of personal development. We encourage as many students as possible to take on leadership roles in our community and believe this is vital to developing our ethos. The development of leadership provides opportunities for students to develop the characteristics of a successful person and improves academic success, opening doors in the future.

Student Leadership Team and Prefects

The Year 11 Student leadership team are invited to apply for a position through a letter of application to their Year Team Leader, a voting system is undertaken that involves all staff and their peers.  Two Head Students and two Deputy Head Students are selected.  The Year 11 student leadership team meet regularly with the Principal and Assistant Principal for the Student Council.

Prefects are selected after an interview with Senior Leadership and one of the senior student team. Their main role is to carry out duties during both break and lunchtime to monitor student interactions.  We have many students who are keen to be prefects and who wear a green tie with pride which identifies them to all students in school.

Student Council

Our Student Council is made up of students across all year groups.  Year group representatives have been chosen by each tutor class and are seen as a mouthpiece for the rest of the school community.  They work together to collect opinions and bring about changes to make St Sampson’s High School a successful, supportive society.

The school council as a whole has responsibility for:

• Working with staff and Board of Parents’ Teacher Association (PTA) in the school
• Communicating and consulting with all of the students in the school
• Involving students in a range of activities across the school

All Students are provided with opportunities to develop leadership through a variety of creative projects:

• Peer mentoring
• Sports Leadership Award
• House Captains
• Reading champions
• Year 11 Prefect System