Student Groups

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Our Year 12 Peer Mentors are trained by the Sutton Education Wellbeing Team to provide lower school students with support around key aspects of secondary school life, including transition, friendship difficulties, self-esteem, organisation and managing workload. In addition, all Peer Mentors receive safeguarding training, ensuring they understand how to respond appropriately to concerns and know when to seek support from school staff. 

Mentors meet with their mentees once a week for an agreed period of time, providing a supportive space to discuss challenges, develop strategies and build confidence. The programme promotes positive relationships, strengthens students' sense of belonging and ensures that any safeguarding or wellbeing concerns are identified and escalated appropriately. 

The Rights Respecting Schools Award (RRSA) Group helps to ensure that the values and principles of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) are at the heart of school life. Through assemblies, pupil voice activities and community projects, members learn about children's rights and promote them across the school. This helps to create a respectful, inclusive, and rights-focused environment. The group also plays a key role in supporting our RRSA journey and runs our Model United Nations Club, where pupils develop their communication, leadership and global citizenship skills by discussing and debating international issues.

The School Council provides a forum for student voice and plays an important role in shaping the school community. It is led and chaired by the Student Leadership Team and is made up of elected representatives from every form group. The council meets once a term to discuss issues that matter to students and to ensure that their views contribute to school improvement and decision-making. 

The aim of the School Council is to promote student leadership, encourage active participation in school life and provide a structured channel through which students can share ideas, raise concerns and influence positive change. Form representatives gather feedback from their peers and work collaboratively with staff and student leaders to explore solutions and make recommendations. 

Recent areas of discussion have included canteen provision, pastoral care and the school's anti-bullying strategy. Through these discussions, students are able to contribute directly to developments within the school, helping to foster a culture of inclusion, belonging and shared responsibility for the school community. 

Our Sustainability Committee is responsible for identifying priorities and coordinating initiatives to improve the school environment. Made up of students from across the school, the committee empowers and inspires the wider community to take positive action and increase environmental awareness both within the school and beyond.

Through assemblies, campaigns, and practical projects, the committee works to promote sustainable practices and reduce our carbon footprint. Last year, members played a key role in developing new recycling initiatives, organising clothes swap events to highlight the impact of fast fashion, and encouraging the upcycling of unwanted materials.

The committee's efforts were recognised with the Eco-Schools Green Flag Award, achieving Distinction status in recognition of its outstanding contribution to creating a more sustainable school.

At Nonsuch High School for Girls, we recognise the significant contribution that young carers make in supporting family members who may have a disability, long-term illness, mental health need, or other health-related challenges. We understand that balancing caring responsibilities alongside education can be demanding and may affect a student's wellbeing, attendance, participation in extracurricular activities, and ability to fully engage with school life. As part of our commitment to inclusion and student welfare, we work to identify and support young carers, ensuring that their circumstances are understood and that they can access the help they need to thrive both academically and personally. 

Our Young Carers provision is led by Mrs Haskins, who runs a dedicated Young Carers group that meets once a month. The group provides a valuable opportunity for students to connect with others who share similar experiences, build supportive friendships and enjoy time away from their caring responsibilities. Activities are designed to be enjoyable, creative and engaging, and have included trampolining, board games and origami. These sessions recognise the important role that young carers play and provide a space where students can relax, have fun and feel valued. 

Support for young carers is embedded within our wider pastoral and safeguarding approach. We encourage open conversations about caring responsibilities and work closely with students and families to ensure that support is tailored to individual circumstances. By recognising young carers early and responding to their needs, we aim to remove barriers to learning, promote wellbeing and ensure that every student can attend regularly, succeed academically and participate fully in the life of the school.