At Alec Reed Academy, we recognise that our children are the leaders of the future and therefore provide a range of opportunities for children to develop their leadership skills. Pupil voice is valued, promoted and used as a tool to raise standards across the academy.  We encourage all of our pupils to embrace the wide range of opportunities available to them – and always seek to find new ways that we can further empower our pupils to be active citizens. This enables our pupils to develop into articulate leaders who can share their views to any audience and apply their leadership skills to real life situations.

For some of our pupil leadership positions, pupils are formally elected by their peers through a democratic process, using a real-life polling station. Other roles, require children to apply for posts often requiring a written letter of application, giving a presentation and going through an interview process. This enables our pupils to develop careers skills which will benefit them in later life.

Photos from our polling station: