Broughton Primary School is proud to be a 'rights respecting' school.  A rights-respecting school is a community where children’s rights are taught, learned, practised, respected, protected and promoted. Young people and the school community know about children’s rights by putting them into practice every day.  

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WE ARE GOLD!

We are delighted to announce that Broughton Primary School has been given Gold level accreditation by UNICEF UK.  Gold is the highest accolade given by UNICEF UK and shows a deep and thorough commitment to children’s rights at all levels of school life. We join over 600 schools in the United Kingdom who have received Gold status and become the first school in the Test Valley catchment to achieve it.

At a very thorough Gold level evaluation visit in late June, the moderator looked at many examples of sampled work, lesson plans, school policies and our school improvement plans. The ethos of the school was discussed at length with Mrs. Macey and Mrs Bottle followed by staff and governor interviews to determine the impact of this initiative on school life at Broughton.  

In the moderator’s report, she commended us on four particular strengths:

• “Very articulate children who demonstrated a good knowledge and understanding of rights and how they are connected to school life and the wider world.
• All adults are passionate about the rights respecting work of the school and the impact this is having on outcomes for children.
• Caring and nurturing ethos where the values of dignity and respect are lived and valued across the school community.
• Children know they have a voice, that their views matter and they can make a difference in school and the wider world.”

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In a statement, UNICEF UK Rights Respecting Schools Programme Director, Martin Russell, said: “It was also clear that children had an excellent grasp of children’s rights and social justice, and so did school staff, parents, carers and the school’s governors. Everyone should be very proud of their achievement.”

Mrs Macey said, “Their (children’s) awareness of their rights and those of others has had a hugely positive impact on many areas of school life.”

This accomplishment reflects our school’s passion for upholding the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child by all the children, staff and governing body.  Particular thanks go to the children who were interviewed by our assessor and appear in the photos below, however, it is a triumph for all!

OutRight 2023/4

This year's UNICEF campaign aimed to empower children to learn how climate change threatens children’s rights and they could be protected! It was designed to help children to learn about innovative solutions to problems across the globe that safeguard children's rights.  Please use the link below to see how our pupils tackled this year's campaign including the sending of a letter directly to COP28!

Peer Mediation at Broughton

After ten hours of specialised training our team of peer mediators (known as Young Peacemakers) are now on duty at lunchtimes to help other children to resolve their conflicts and gain resolution. 

Visit to Test Valley School to listen to Emmanuel Jal. 19 October 2023

Pupils in years 4, 5 and 6 attended a presentation by Emmanuel Jal at Test Valley School. The session started with his inspiring and dramatic song 'We want Peace' which immediately captured the children’s attention. Mr Jal then related his unique story as a child soldier in South Sudan and the traumatic and difficult escape from this. He shared his positive outlook on life and encouraged the children to follow their dreams with persistence, self-belief and resilience.

Back in school, the children discussed how many of Mr Jal’s rights were denied as a child and how the Convention on the Rights of the Child tries to protect children today.

The School Charter Working Party with Mrs Macey. 19 April 2023

little people, BIG IDEAS

7 September 2022

Key Stage 2 children enjoyed a morning at Mottisfont Abbey learning about people who have made a difference.  The trail had been devised by the National Trust to showcase the children's book series of the same name and it gave us a marvellous opportunity to understand how children's rights have been improved by people and events currently and in the past.  Many thanks must go to NT Mottisfont for extending the event past its closing date so we all could benefit from the experience.

Little people, BIG IDEAS

February 2022

Throughout the autumn term, our break time charter group met to discuss how our the success of our class charters could be transferred to break times.  Following consultation with lunchtime supervisors and teaching staff, the content of the agreement between the children and duty bearers of Broughton Primary was finalised in December. Following a competition judged by Mrs Macey, the design by was finalised, printed and displayed in the playground to remind everyone of our shared values and principles based on the Convention on the Rights of the Child.

In 2020, Broughton Primary School gained Silver level Rights Respecting Accreditation. We are very proud of this achievement.

The UNICEF Rights Respecting Schools Award puts children’s rights at the heart of schools in the UK. To quote from the UNICEF website:

'UNICEF works with schools in the UK to create safe and inspiring places to learn, where children are respected, their talents are nurtured and they are able to thrive. Our Rights Respecting Schools Award embeds these values in daily school life and gives children the best chance to lead happy, healthy lives and to be responsible, active citizens. Using the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) as our guide, we are working with more UK schools than almost any other organisation. Over 1.6 million children in the UK go to a Rights Respecting School and nearly 5,000 schools up and down the country are working through the Award.' 

In the Silver level evaluation, the moderator looked at all the examples of work we have done, sampled lessons, examined portfolios, and looked at our school improvement plans. She spoke at length to Mrs. Bottle and a number of children from the steering group. She was full of praise for the amount and quality of the work that has gone in to our Rights Respecting journey to Silver, but above all else commended the knowledge and passion demonstrated by the children who spoke to her.

Everyone in the school has contributed to this achievement, but particular thanks go to the following children, who spoke so eloquently and whose commitment to this work inspires us all:  Well done James, Flossie, Jemima, and Annabel. And, of course, to Mrs Bottle, who has worked very hard to embed this ethos across the school and lead our work in this area. We now begin our journey towards the Gold accreditation!