What positions are available on the SIRS Student Council?

The SIRS Student Council includes the Head Boy, Head Girl, School Captain, House Captains, Vice Captains, Sports Captains, and Prefects.

How does SIRS develop student leadership?

Through the Student Council, SIRS gives students real positions of responsibility — organising events, representing peers, and contributing to school governance from an early age.

Can any student join the Student Council?

All students at SIRS are encouraged to seek positions of responsibility. Leadership at SIRS is considered a way of being, not just a title, and every student is expected to contribute.

Student Leadership

Real Responsibility. Real Leaders.

The Student Council at SIRS is not a ceremonial body. It is the mechanism through which students participate in the life of the school — and through which SIRS gives young people genuine, hands-on experience of leadership, years before they leave school.

Leadership in Practice

Leadership That Actually Means Something

The Student Council at SIRS carries real responsibility. Council members organise school events, manage assemblies, coordinate cultural programmes, and contribute to the governance of student life. These are not token roles. These are real jobs.

The Council understands that the most important education is the education that comes from doing. Real responsibility. Real stakes. Real learning. All students are encouraged to seek positions of leadership — not only the obviously gifted, but anyone willing to grow into the role.

A student who has led their house, served on a committee, or organised a school event has learned something no textbook can teach. School Almanac, SIRS

School Leadership

Head Boy & Head Girl

The two most senior student positions. Formal representatives of the student body at all school occasions. The highest honour a student of SIRS can hold.

School Leadership

School Captain

Overall student representative. Works alongside the Head Boy and Head Girl in all matters of student governance.

House Leadership

House Captains

One boy and one girl from each of the four houses — Falcons, Ospreys, Hawks, and Eagles. Responsible for the house in all inter-house activities.

House Leadership

Vice Captains & Sports Captains

Deputy house captains and house sports captains — real roles, real responsibilities, real experience of leading peers toward a shared goal.

School Service

Prefects

Senior students supporting house captains in day-to-day governance. The first step in a student’s leadership journey, and a serious responsibility.

Open to All

Every Student

Every student at SIRS is expected to contribute to the life of the school — through their house, clubs, and conduct. Leadership is not a title. It is a way of being.

What It Builds

The Education No Classroom Provides

Students who serve on the Council learn leadership not as theory, but as practice. They encounter responsibility, decision-making, communication, integrity, empathy, and service — not as concepts to study, but as dimensions of life to embody.

Responsibility

Real positions, real expectations, real consequences. The Student Council is not a simulation.

Decision-Making

Organising events, resolving conflicts — Council members make decisions that affect others.

Communication

Speaking at assembly, managing meetings — every role develops capacity to communicate with clarity.

Integrity

Students in positions of responsibility are held to higher standards. They learn what it means to be someone others can trust.

Empathy

Representing a community means understanding it. Council members learn to see the school from other perspectives.

Service

The highest honour at SIRS combines achievement with service. The Council is where that combination is lived.

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Students who seek positions on the Council are encouraged in the strongest terms to do so. The school holds that the experience of responsibility is itself an education.

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