John Rankin Junior School

School Council

Pupil voice is extremely important at John Rankin Junior School. For this reason the school elects a school council on a yearly basis.

Each class votes two of its members onto the School Council which comprises of one boy and one girl from each class. It is the responsibility of those Councillors to relay discussion points from their class to full Council and to give their peers feedback from the School Council Meetings. We include School Council members at various levels of discussion, including staff selection.

House System

We operate a “House System” in school. This means every child is assigned a house on arrival. Kennet (Blue), Craven (Red), Donnington (Green) or Enborne (Yellow). At the beginning of the school year pupils from Year 6 put themselves forward as House Captains or Vice Captains and are elected by the other pupils. At various times during the year there are Inter House activities, to compete for cups. House Captains and Vice Captains take on organisational responsibilities. Pupils are rewarded for good work/behaviour by being given House Points, which are counted on a weekly basis and the House with the most points in the week has its colour ribbons on the House Cup.