Rights Respecting Schools Award
About the award
The Rights Respecting Schools Award is a UNICEF UK programme that aims to put children’s rights at the heart of schools in the UK. They work with thousands of schools across the country to embed children’s rights in their ethos and culture to improve well being and develop every child’s talents and abilities to their full potential.
Visit the UNICEF webpage on Rights Respecting Schools for more information.
Schools work on a journey to become fully Rights Respecting. The award recognises a school's achievement in putting the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC or UNCRC) into practice within the school and beyond. To find out more on the UNCRC visit the UNICEF website or watch the short documentary video below made by schools from around the UK on Rights Respecting Schools, which shows their journeys and the benefits it has brought to their schools.
Rights Respecting Schools in the Scottish Borders
Get your school involved
Many schools in the Scottish Borders have embarked on the Rights Respecting Schools journey.
If you would like more information about how your school can get involved, please contact Shona Easingwood, Young Person's Engagement Lead at shona.easingwood@scotborders.gov.uk
Scottish Borders Youth Voice
Contact Pam Rigby
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