The Compass School Awarded ‘Double GOLD’ Status as a UN Rights Respecting School!

We are delighted to announce that The Compass School has once again been awarded Gold status as a UNICEF Rights Respecting School following the visit to the School by an adjudicator from the UNICEF RRS organisation earlier in the Summer Term.

This is another significant landmark on our Rights Respecting Schools journey which began back in the Autumn Term of 2018 and has seen us achieve firstly the Bronze award, then Silver and finally, Gold in 2022. From the outset of our journey, we have wanted to ensure that we had the Rights Of The Child firmly embedded within our curriculum and within our whole school community and indeed that this reflects the ethos of our school and the expectations we have within our school community. We have taken this forward through a number of initiatives over the past three years under the banner of ‘Making The World A Better Place’. We are therefore very pleased that the adjudicator could see clear and strong evidence of our credentials as a Gold Rights Respecting School when she visited us at the end of April, having received a huge portfolio of evidence prior to this reflecting our work during the past three years.

Headmaster, Mr Mark Becher, said: We are absolutely delighted to be awarded Gold Status for the second time. Credit must go to all of the children and staff, supported by our parents, for their hard work, support and their commitment to maintaining our Gold status over the past few years. Without this, we would not continue to be in the strong position as we are currently. I am particularly grateful to our Rights Respecting Schools Steering Group, made up of children and staff representatives, who have continued to lead this initiative and have proposed so many great ideas and initiatives for us to develop as a Rights Respecting School over the years.

That effort and commitment does not now stop having achieved Gold for a second time and I am pleased that the RRS organisation now have a programme of re-validation in place, so to ensure that schools having achieved Gold status, continue to uphold the high standards and quality of approach which has resulted in that award being made during the years that follow. The question “What next?” will very much be at the forefront of our school development work as we begin the new session as a ‘Double Gold’ school! 

Well done and thank you to everyone involved in achieving this considerable success!”

For further details, please contact the Headteacher, Mr Becher, by telephoning 01620 822642.