Importance of citizenship

An effective citizenship offer in schools will support children and young people to become active, informed and responsible citizens.

Citizenship education benefits young people and supports the Every Child Matters policy by:

developing self confidence
giving them a voice
enabling them to make a positive contribution

For schools, it helps to enhance motivation and a sense of responsibility. It helps to improve the relationship that young people have with each other, with staff in the school and with people in the surrounding community.

Citizenship also helps schools to meet the duty to promote community cohesion.