Rights Respecting School

The Rights Respecting Schools Award (RRSA) recognises achievement in putting the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) at the heart of a school’s planning, policies, practice and ethos. Follow the UNICEF link to read more about children’s rights in school.

Grinling Gibbons Primary School are proud to be a Right’s Respecting School.  We have embedded the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child to improve the well-being of all children and enable them to reach their full potential.

What are the Children’s Rights?

The Convention has 54 articles that cover all aspects of a child’s life and set out the civil, political, economic, social, and cultural rights that all children everywhere are entitled to.

There are four key areas of impact for children at a Rights Respecting school; wellbeing, participation, relationships and self-esteem.

• Children are healthier and happier
• Children feel safe
• Children have better relationships
• Children become active and involved in school life and the wider world.

This is tied in with our School Rules, School Values, Children’s Wellbeing, Zones of Regulation, the Race Charter Beacon of Excellence School and the Ethos of the school.