Fairway School - Pupil Leadership

At Fairway School, we believe that every child has the potential to be a leader. Our pupil leadership programme provides a wide range of opportunities – including Head Students, House Captains, Lunch Leaders, School Council, and more – enabling children to play an active role in the life of our school.

Leadership is taken seriously here. Our pupils wear their responsibilities with pride, acting as positive role models and ambassadors for our school values. Whether they are guiding their peers, representing the pupil voice, or helping to make school life even better, our young leaders demonstrate commitment, maturity, and enthusiasm.

Through these experiences, children develop key skills such as teamwork, communication, responsibility, and resilience – preparing them not only to contribute meaningfully now, but also to become the confident leaders of the future.

Meet our Head Students!

Our Head Students are proud ambassadors for Fairway School, representing our values both within the school and in the wider community.

They lead our School Council, ensuring every child has a voice and the opportunity to contribute to school life. As role models, they listen carefully to their peers, share ideas with staff, and help shape positive changes across the school. Their leadership, responsibility, and enthusiasm make them excellent representatives of our pupil voice.

School Council

Our School Council consists of two elected members from each class (Reception to Y6). We have School Council meetings each half term focusing on different topics.

School Councillors:

Represent the 'Pupil Voice'.
Identify key issues and problem solve on how to resolve them.
Meet with our Governors to provide feedback about our Curriculum.
Give feedback to teachers.
Support teachers with the organisation of whole school events.

House Captains

Our House Captains work alongside our Head Boys & Girls acting as role models. They assist with sporting events such as Sports Day and are available in the playground to lead games and make sure everyone has a 'buddy'.

Digital Leaders

Digital Leaders in Y4, Y5 & Y6 are children who support IT and Computing across the school.

Our Digital Leaders assist with:

Testing out new Computing resources (hardware and software).
Running our lunchtime coding club.
Maintaining IT resources.
Computing lessons in class.
Uploading work to Seesaw (our digital portfolio).

French Ambassadors

Bonjour et bienvenue à Fairway. Hello and welcome to Fairway.

Our new team of French Ambassadors consists of selected pupils from Years 3 to 6. They support the learning of French in class, which takes place in Key Stage 2 and they take the lead in special events. As part of the role, the team meets once a fortnight with the MFL Lead teacher to discuss possible new events and ways to raise the profile of French throughout the school. If you want to know anything about how French is taught at Fairway or what future events we have planned, the French Ambassadors will be happy to talk to you.

Eco Warriors

Our Eco Warriors are a passionate team of pupil leaders committed to making Fairway a greener and more sustainable school. They play an important role in promoting environmental awareness and encouraging positive habits across our school community.

The team helps to ensure that recycling is collected and sorted correctly throughout the school, while also leading initiatives to reduce food waste at lunchtime and in the playground. They regularly monitor waste, encourage children to think about the impact of their choices and promote simple ways that everyone can help to protect the environment.

As ambassadors for sustainability, the Eco Warriors help raise awareness of environmental issues, support whole-school projects and inspire their peers to take action. Through their leadership, they develop valuable skills such as responsibility, teamwork and communication, while helping to create a cleaner, greener future for Fairway and beyond.

Dance Squad

Fairway Dance Squad, selected from Years 4, 5 and 6 and love everything about Dance. We meet every Friday after school to rehearse and we perform for the school and visitors at various times throughout the year. We also perform annually at Barnet’s Dance Festival which takes place at the Artsdepot Theatre in North Finchley. If you want to know anything about Dance, we are the children to ask.

Duck Squad

Our Duck Squad is a unique pupil leadership team made up of dedicated children from across Key Stage 2. Pupils apply for this highly sought-after role, demonstrating their commitment, responsibility and passion for animal welfare. Working alongside our resident Duck Mums, Lucie and Jess, the squad takes responsibility for feeding the ducks, maintaining their enclosure and ensuring they are happy and healthy. Through this role, pupils develop leadership skills, teamwork, empathy and resilience, while making a valuable contribution to the life of our school. The Duck Squad is a wonderful example of pupil leadership in action, with children taking real ownership of a project that brings joy and wellbeing to the entire Fairway community