We don’t just want our students to learn about the challenges which face our world – we want them to develop the confidence and compassion to do something about them.

Issues such as social justice, human rights, conflict resolution, diversity and sustainability are explored through the curriculum as well as through special events and projects. All students are encouraged to make an active contribution to achieving global justice by taking part in lobbying activities, making responsible choices and considering how their actions impact on others – both locally and globally.

Prince Henry’s has repeatedly been awarded Fairtrade School status, and currently holds the top level of the award as a ‘FairAchiever’ school. As well as promoting Fairtrade within school, students have shared their learning with the local community, delivering assemblies and workshops to other schools and organising their own Fairtrade Stall at the Buttercross at Otley Market.

During our annual 'Timanyane Day', students look in more depth at global citizenship and equality issues such as homelessness, child poverty, access to education and clean water, disability discrimination and children’s rights. All Year 10 students spend part of the day engaged in a community volunteering project with a local organisation.

Student groups such as our Student Council, Equality and Diversity Group, Fairtrade Group and Eco-mmittee lead the school community in putting global citizenship into action. This includes lobbying for social justice, fundraising, raising awareness of inequality and encouraging others to get involved. 

Over a decade ago, Prince Henry’s became the first high school in Yorkshire to achieve Level 1 of UNICEF’s Rights Respecting Schools Award, which recognises schools which put the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) at the heart of its planning, policies, practice and ethos. Today, the concept of children’s rights continues to provide a framework within which our global learning takes place.