Award-winning charity

Building every
child's voice.

A smarter kind of school council, where every child gets to speak up, lead and make change.

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Pupils and their teacher, smiling together Every child heard No extra workload Run by pupils Ideas become action
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Keys Group Blackpool Council
What we do

Smart School Councils is an all-in-one digital tool to help manage your school council programme, make sure every pupil has a voice, and gather actionable insights.

Built around you

Whatever your role, getting young people heard

Hear it from them

Real teachers, in their own words

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All through school council

"They designed a railway and won first place, all through school council."

Hannah Jarman · SEND school, Wolverhampton

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Across the whole trust

"It's their school. It's not my school, it's theirs."

Damien Cresswell · Associate Head, Keys Group

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A door opened

"He's gone on to college, and he pins it on talking."

Danny Hart · Head of Literacy, SEMH

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Pupil-led change

"That's democracy, you know?"

Rachel Gray · Year 4 Teacher

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Every voice, every language

"We're in this together, and everyone's voices are important."

Louise Russell · PSHE lead, international school

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A headteacher's belief

"A school is not a school without children. It is their school."

Lisa Taylor · Headteacher, Halling

Wall of love ❤️

Loved by pupils, teachers, heads and MATs

★★★★★

It's brilliant. A far better and simpler way to run student voice and build confidence.

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Beth
Secondary Teacher
★★★★★

Our visually impaired pupils love this. It's learning how to debate, but without the stuffiness.

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Conor
Teacher, SEN
★★★★★

Our students can now record their voice easily, and I can get them thinking more critically with tough but insightful debate topics. Thank you, Smart School Councils!

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Rizwana Sarwar
PSHE & Life Skills Teacher, New Bridge College
★★★★★

A great way to promote pupil voice. Children can air their views in a fun, engaging way.

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Davinder
Primary Teacher
★★★★★

A great way to help young people build their voices and make change.

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Phil
Assistant Head, PRU
★★★★★

Smart School Councils are great. Anybody who sees it in action can only be inspired.

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Alastair Campbell
Writer & broadcaster · @campbellclaret
★★★★★

What the team are doing is a powerful demonstration of what's possible everywhere, when people, even children as young as four, are given a real chance to make their voices heard.

Brian Eno
Musician · Coral Foundation
★★★★★

It's fantastic. It develops lifelong skills of debate and speaking. So important for our pupils.

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Damien
Deputy Head, SEN
★★★★★

We want our children to be leaders of change. It's their school.

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Lisa Taylor
Headteacher, Halling Primary
Greg Sanderson, founder of Smart School Councils
Why we exist

Every child deserves a voice, not just a few.

We're a registered charity improving the old school council model, which only gets a small number of voices involved and is hard to run, so every child can speak up and make change.

Greg SandersonFounder