About the Multi Schools Council

The multi-school’s council has been running for just under 11 years. Since creating our small-scale council, with just 4 schools involved, we now have just under 500 schools/colleges across the East of England. Currently most of our work is done across Essex giving children a voice, running awareness sessions in schools, and tackling issues that children tell us are important to them. 

At the heart of our council are the voices of our children. We then have an extra layer of voices made up of ambassadors, who you can read about in another section of this website. We speak to young people about how we can break down the negative stigma shown towards children with SEND and mental health difficulties while at the same time naturally doing this through collaborative meetings and events. We have a small team working with schools and colleges delivering awareness sessions such as how to better understand autism and deliver assemblies on topics such as mental health. In time, by educating children in schools about our differences, we hope we will see a more accepting society.

The model we have created in Essex has been so successful that we are looking to expand this work into other local authorities. Our eventual aim is to have a multi-schools council in every local authority across the UK so that more and more children, teachers, and parents can understand SEND and mental health difficulties. We firmly believe that we should be in a place that no matter who you are, you are included; you are equal, and you are given a fair opportunity to succeed. Together, we will make a change.

The MSC team!