Promoting Active Democracy Loudly

PADL is a set of standards for primary and secondary school councils which guide and measure effective student voice, representation and leadership within schools. In order to gain a PADL award, trained young assessors interview staff and school council members using formulated questions appropriate to the level of award the school are applying for.

School councils/pupil parliaments can gain a PADL award for their work at Bronze, Silver, Gold or Platinum level. 

January 2012: We are pleased to announce that The Cornwall Healthy Schools Team are taking on the management of the Primary PADL awards...

We will be working in partnership with the Children, Schools and Families Team at Cornwall Council to support schools' involvement in the awards and celebrate the wonderful work of Schools Councils in Cornwall.

We are going to create a new section on the website to provide up to date information on the awards and links to useful information and ideas to help your School Council grow and develop. In addition we are going to put all the Award Criteria for the Bronze, Silver, Gold and Platinum awards into an on-line self-assessment tool.

We will also be holding a Primary PADL event and Award Ceremony in October 2012 (details to be arranged) and then we will arrange further countywide events and awards later in the school year 2012 - 2013.

Update - April 2012

We've already worked with a number of schools to assess PADL awards and will be holding a small scale award ceremony in May 2012. If your school council would like to go for the award or be assessed at the next level during the Summer Term please contact us. (ASAP)

We would welcome your thoughts and ideas about the awards and their future. 

If you and your School Council are chomping at the bit to get stuck into the awards for the first time or to go onto the next level get in touch and we'll get you going asap!