Rights Respecting School Award (RRSA)

The Rights Respecting Schools Award (RRSA) recognises achievement in putting the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) at the heart of a school's planning, policies, practice and ethos. A rights-respecting school not only teaches about children's rights but also models rights and respect in all its relationships: between teachers / adults and pupils, between adults and between pupils.


Who is the Rights Respecting Schools Award (RRSA) for?

The RRSA is a UK-wide initiative for all children and all those working with or for children in formal education. It is being successfully implemented in all settings - Early Years, Primary, Secondary, Special Needs and Pupil Referral Units - across England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.


How does the RRSA link with other school initiatives?

The initiative unifies a range of educational priorities in all UK jurisdictions; the global dimension, SEAL (social and emotional aspects of learning), community cohesion and sustainable development.


What impact does the RRSA have?

A three year qualitative study by researchers at the Universities of Sussex and Brighton found that "The RRSA has had a profound effect on the majority of the schools involved in the programme."


RRSA and the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC)

The universality of the CRC provides a clear link for pupils between building up their rights-respecting school, understanding their rights and responsibilities and the need for children's rights to be realised everywhere. Children and young people in rights-respecting schools develop a stronger sense of the need to act for global justice.


Rights Respecting School Award (RRSA) - Useful Links

RRSA Virtual Learning Environment (VLE) website
www.rrsa.org.uk
www.unicef.org.uk/rrsa
http://www.unicef.org.uk/rrsasupport
http://www.unicef.org.uk/rrsatraining