Introduction
Participation in the co-curricular and leadership opportunities is a vital part of every pupil’s experience at the School. We encourage pupils to explore new interests and skills which will change them and stay with them for life.
We welcome you to explore our opportunities below or read our full booklet.
Explore Our Leadership Opportunities
Leadership Structure and School Staff
The School Staff body is a large team, and they operate a model of delegated pupil leadership.
All School Staff are inducted at Stone X Stadium as part of our Saracens Partnership and complete a course in leadership theory and their vision for the year ahead in different areas of the School’s operation. This induction also includes basic safeguarding training and establishes the tone for their work with the Lower School.
Leadership in Boarding
We are proud of the distinctive international community within boarding, with pupils coming from over 35 countries and bringing with them a breadth of global citizenship, cultural identity and social maturity. The pupil leaders within our community are instrumental to welcoming and setting in our boarding family having shared this same experience, and now able to bestow their support, camaraderie, guidance and friendship to all those they encounter.
Pupil Voice and School Council
Pupil Voice is an integral part of school life, ensuring that all pupils feel that their opinions, views and ideas are valued and helping to improve life for everyone. Pupils volunteer for this leadership role, which includes a Pupil Voice Chair and one Pupil Voice representative per Tutor group.
Leadership Through Academic Endeavour
Our three academic aims are to develop young people who are personally, socially and intellectually successful. A selection of opportunities to develop resilient, inquisitive and curious learners include:
- Academic Scholars
- British Science Week
- Geography Society
- Enterprise Education
- Film and Media Production Society
Co-Curricular Involvement
The breadth of co-curricular activities, encompassing the musical, artistic, social and sporting arenas, are widely considered valuable life-enriching experiences for young people because they bring about positive tangible outcomes from the experiences of interacting and working with others through organised activities. There is an opportunity for all interests:
- Combined Cadet Force (CCF)
- Duke of Edinburgh (DofE)
- Major Drama Productions
- Musical Ensembles
- Sport Scholars, Leaders and Captains
Community and Charitable Activites
Supporting the Wider Community is an important part of what it means to be a Millhillian. The wide array of opportunities across Mill Hill Schools help to broaden our pupils’ understanding of what it means to be part of a community, fostering empathy and self-efficacy from a young age, and developing the knowledge and skills that support their development as confident young leaders with a genuine desire to make a difference to the lives of others.
Overseas Partnerships
Partnership visits currently take place to India and Zimbabwe, with the aim of achieving several important outcomes:
- To develop an understanding of different people and cultures and to forge long-lasting global partnerships that positively impact the participating communities
- To develop pupils’ self-reliance, confidence, leadership, teambuilding, and organisational skills
- To focus on a school-wide fundraising initiative
- To provide an opportunity for pupils in the Lower Sixth to travel, work and support children who are less fortunate than they are.
A word from our Head
Studying academics and studying leadership are two very different things. All schools do the former, but very few do the latter like Mill Hill. Our Schools are distinctively strong at developing leaders who have both confidence and humility. In many ways, this is the ‘secret sauce’ of the Mill Hill Schools!
David Benson
Head
