What is the Rights Respecting School Award?

UNICEF UK is pioneering an initiative in UK schools called the Rights Respecting School Award (RRSA). The award scheme started in 2004 and is running in more than 1000 primary and secondary schools in England , Wales , Scotland andNorthern Ireland . One of the greatest challenges that schools face is to define a clear set of values – not just rules – that has been developed with the full involvement of the school community and is actively upheld by pupils. UNICEF UK ’s RRSA initiative helps schools to use the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) as the values framework that enables this to be achieved.

What impact does the Rights Respecting School Award have?

A three year qualitative study by researchers at the Universities of Sussex and Brighton found that “The RRSA has had a profound effect on the majority of the schools involved in the programme.”

We would like to thank all the teachers, pupils and parents for all their support  and for helping us achieve Level 2 of the Rights Respecting School Award.

UNICEF is a global charity which protects and supports children.

• ·        UNICEF upholds the Convention on the Rights of the Child.

• ·        UNICEF are the driving force that helps build a world where the rights of every child are realized.

• ·        UNICEF advocates for lasting change for children.

• ·        UNICEF believes that nurturing and caring for children are the cornerstones of human progress.

• ·        They work to assure equality for those who are discriminated against.

• ·        They work for the Millennium Development Goals and for the progress promised in the United Nations Charter.

• ·        They strive for peace and security.

• ·        UNICEF encourages young people to speak out and participate in the decisions that affect their lives.

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