Year 12 and 13 students are appointed each year to be role models for the school community and undertake various roles and responsibilities while developing their leadership and communication skills in their interactions with our school community and partner primary schools.

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The Prefect Council are also responsible for our monthly Health and Happiness events to raise money and awareness for local and national charities important to our school while bringing the student body together in fun and exciting ways to build a sense of community, belonging and promote wellbeing.  To find out more please speak to Mrs Hurn or Mrs Wheatley

We are a group of enthusiastic readers who promote positivity around the culture of reading in our school. Our council works to help shape more opportunities for our students and teachers to access and read books during school hours. 

 

Council members have an active role in sharing ideas on books, recommendations and literacy suggestions and spreading encouragement to our pupils to develop a love for reading. Our most recent exciting project is our work towards opening a free library space for students in October 2026. This council excels in providing opportunities to develop skills such as communication, literacy, leadership and critical thinking to its members.   To find out more please speak to Mrs Bater-Kearns (English)

The Criw Cymraeg is passionate about bringing the Welsh language and culture to life across our school and wider community. We inspire everyone to use more Welsh through fun challenges, exciting events for our whole community including parents and carers, teachers and learners, Gair y Mis (Word of the Month), and Welsh Stag shout-outs.

 

Working with every subject and our Staff Bilingualism Champions, we help create a vibrant, positive Welsh ethos where everyone feels encouraged to learn, use, and enjoy Cymraeg.  To find out more please speak to Mrs Sansom or Mrs Hargreaves (Welsh)

All learners in a year group are members of the year group council.  The primary role of the year group council is to work alongside the Director of Wellbeing & Deputy Director of Wellbeing to evaluate and provide feedback on progress in the development of our core values, enabling learners to be the best version of themselves. 

 

To find out more information, please speak to your DOW or DDOW

The Sports Council aims to develop an understanding of our learners’ needs to provide quality sporting opportunities and experiences in Bassaleg School.

 

Our representatives create initiatives to develop teaching and learning in PE, and support the health and wellbeing of our learners.  To find out more please speak to Mr Doble (PE & Believing & Belonging)

This council is for learners who provide care to family members.  This could be a parent, grandparent, sibling you live with who has an illness or a disability and you provide help either to that person or by helping around the house in other ways if your parents are involved in caring for someone. 

 

This council offers support for these learners to come together and share their experiences.  To find out more talk to Ms Gray, Caredig front corridor at break time.

Our main priority is to make our school as Eco friendly as possible through raising awareness of environmental issues and how we can tackle them together. A priority focus for us is reducing our school energy usage through educating our school community on key ways to save energy. 

 

We work in partnership with a number of organisations on initiatives such as air quality control and energy usage which provide key data sets to support us in our work.  We have been recognised as a Platinum School Plus (highest award) by Eco Schools Wales for our efforts in our school community.  To find out more please speak to Ms Hicks (Geography)

Young people who sit on the ALN Advocates Council provide an additional layer of quality assurance to ensure that our school community remains focussed on providing equitable opportunities for all.

 

Our ALN Advocates identify, discuss and action areas for growth and development to ensure that our school community is always well educated, well informed and well prepared to support each other’s diversities.  To find out more please speak to Mrs Prosser or Mrs Kendrick

QSA is our LGBTQ+ school community group which represents all young people to support them with any relevant issues and to raise awareness to increase understanding of diversity. The role of the QSA is a dual one, not only is it attempting to help develop our communities understanding of LGBTQ + issue but it also provides a really important support system for our young people who are often struggling to understand their own identity who are curious or who are seeking guidance and advice from other members within the group,

 

It is very much a safe place to meet and share for those who identify as: allies, queer, transgender, non binary or uncertain.  For more information please ask Mr Batten or Mrs Crimmins

The schools Mental Health Council (MHC) is passionate about supporting the emotional and mental health concerns currently being experienced by our young people.

 

The MHC members are keen to resolve these concerns by raising awareness and by creating strategies to help resolve the obstacles and barriers impacting upon positive mental and emotional wellbeing.  To find out more please speak to Mr Batten

We are an anti-racist group working to create an inclusive community for everyone. We are educators trying to raise awareness and teach others about the effect of what you say. We are amplifiers making sure everyone gets heard. We are activists and constantly challenge the world around us to make it a better place.

 

We are advocates for change, who want to call out racism in all its forms, and ensure everyone feels accepted. To find out more please speak to Mr Batten or Mr Reed (History)

The Everyone Deserves Respect Council (EDR) has enabled like minded learners to come together who feel passionate that all learners should live free from all forms of harassment. They aim to raise awareness of toxic relationships and power imbalances and the importance of treating everyone with respect.

 

Through surveying our whole school community they have gained a true picture of our learners' lived experiences in order that they have an accurate understanding to better support our learners in our context to be happy and live without fear. To find out more, please speak to Mr Batten

Our Aim is to empower pupils to become confident, independent learners. To achieve this, we are committed to providing the right support for both pupils and parents. By fostering an effective learning environment at home and equipping families with practical resources and strategies, we aim to ensure that pupils can continue to make meaningful progress in their studies beyond the classroom.

 

Take a look at ‘Our Learning Hub’ on this website where you will find our top tips and strategies to support you in your learning.   To find out more please speak to Mr Hall (Maths)

The ‘Believing and Belonging Council’ was established to support the introduction of our rebranded Wellbeing curriculum and lessons, making sure that our provision gave the right tools, right approach and right information for Bassaleg students at each point in their learning journeys.  The council quickly took the lead on the Bassaleg School Kindness agenda, promoting the impact of kindness in our school community and driving forward our shared core values through the creation of banners around kindness in the restaurant and the establishment of a Kindness Charter.

The council offers the opportunity for all students in Bassaleg School to contribute to making the school community a safe and happy place for everyone. To find out more, speak to Mrs Simmonds or Mrs Sullivan.

The Future Leaders Council is a group of young people who are passionate about working with other organisations both within our school and more outward facing.  They are currently collaborating with Aramark, our restaurant catering company, and with our partner primary schools as part of our Cluster Collaboration Council. 

 

Members of the Future Leaders Council also represent our school at Newport’s Grand Council.  To find out more talk to Mrs Batten

The Cluster Collaboration council is a collaboration of Bassaleg School and our partner primary school learners. They focus on agendas that are important to our whole cluster e.g ‘The Cost of the School Day’, looking at how our cluster can support families with the ‘cost’ of education. 

 

The aim is to establish a common approach across our schools and ‘golden rules’ that we will embed in our schools.  The next agenda will be ‘Kindness’ where we will look at what each of our schools do to promote a culture of kindness and bring ideas together to create a Cluster Kindness Charter.  To find out more talk to Mrs Jenkins (English) or Mrs Batten

All learners within an AOLE (Area of Learning & Experience) make up the AOLE Council.  The primary role of AOLE Councils is to evaluate and provide feedback on what helps learners to make progress in their learning & skills development. 

 

Learner voice is crucial to shape the learning experiences across our curriculum to enable learners to make progress and be the best versions of themselves.  To find out more please talk to Mrs Batten

Our year 7 learners are actively engaged in supporting year 6 pupils as they prepare to transition from Primary to Secondary education.  They are committed to giving an honest and genuine sense of day to day life to year 6 pupils, delivering presentations, visiting primary schools and welcoming them to Bassaleg when they attend transition events during the summer term.

 

The transition team also deliver presentations to parents & carers and are actively engaged in follow up Q&A sessions.  To find our more talk to Mr Batten or Mrs Woodman (Pupil Office)