The E1 Schools Pupil Parliament is an annual event that brings together Rights Respecting Ambassadors and School Councillors from the eight E1 Partnership Schools. Founded in 2005, the Parliament provides a platform for pupils to share their views, debate issues that matter to children and young people, and develop their leadership skills.
Hosted at the Norton Rose Fulbright offices, the event takes place in a mock parliament setting where pupils discuss key topics and question a panel of professionals and experts. Through these debates, pupils build confidence, strengthen their communication skills, and gain a deeper understanding of their rights, responsibilities, and the importance of having a voice.
During the event, pupils work together to develop an action plan based on the issues they have discussed. They then take these ideas back to their own schools, where they meet throughout the year to plan, organise and lead activities that promote awareness and create positive change within their school communities.
The impact of these projects is shared as evidence on the E1 Schools Partnership website, celebrating pupils' achievements and enabling schools to learn from one another.
Osmani Primary School leads the Pupil Parliament strand of the East 1 Schools Partnership.
Theme: Life Online – Rights, Risks and Responsibilities
On Friday 14 November 2025, School Councillors and Rights Respecting Ambassadors from the eight E1 Partnership Schools came together for Pupil Parliament 2025 to explore this year's theme, Life Online – Rights, Risks and Responsibilities.
Our four inspiring guest panellists – Amy Turner (Shout Out UK), PC Lisa Smith (Cyber Choices), Eunice Laurel (Dance Movement Psychotherapist) and John McLaverty (former Oxfam GB youth campaigner) – answered thoughtful questions from our young leaders and helped them develop meaningful action plans to take back to their schools.
Hosted in impressive offices near Tower Bridge, pupils enjoyed a fantastic day of discussion, debate and collaboration. They were treated to a delicious lunch before presenting their action plans through role plays, posters and freeze frames, demonstrating creativity, confidence and leadership. Everyone also received a goodie bag to take home.
Pupil Parliament 2025 was led by Osmani Primary School in partnership with Norton Rose Fulbright, whose generous hosting and longstanding support have helped make this event possible for over 20 years.
Our Rights Respecting Ambassadors prepared and delivered three assemblies throughout the school year, each focusing on one of the Pupil Parliament strands.
To raise awareness of the positive use of the internet, we held a whole-school digital art competition celebrating creativity and responsible online behaviour. Online safety was addressed through a cyber security workshop led by the Metropolitan Police, as well as dedicated online safety lessons for all pupils. We also marked Mental Health Week with a focus on switching off to recharge, encouraging pupils to reflect on balancing their online and offline lives.
Our school ambassadors at TB led a parent workshop on online safety in Spring term, where we shared practical advice and tips to help families stay safe online. It was a fantastic opportunity to build confidence in public speaking while helping parents and carers understand the importance of staying safe in the digital world.
We also organised and promoted an Unplugged Day, encouraging everyone to spend the entire school day without using screens or technology. The day was a great success, helping pupils and staff appreciate the benefits of taking a break from devices and supporting positive digital wellbeing. As part of the day, we hosted an Unplugged Acoustic X Factor, where pupils showcased their musical talents through live performances without the use of technology.
Each half term we have shared an online safety tip in our school newsletter to continue to promote the importance of staying safe online throughout the year.
At Stewart Headlam, our council delivered an engaging online safety assembly to help everyone understand the importance of staying safe online. Following the assembly, every class created internet safety posters to share important online safety messages. The posters were displayed around the school to remind everyone how to use the internet safely and responsibly. Here are some of the fantastic posters created by our pupils.
Our School Councillors have worked tirelessly this year to promote the topic of Digital Wellbeing.
The School Councillors led an assembly talking about the importance of having a healthy online presence and gave a few tips on how to achieve this, such as setting timers and not using devices after 8pm.
We also, as a School Council, created half term homework activities that promoted Digital Wellbeing. We created a range of activities around unplugging and managing digital presence.
This year, we delivered online safety workshops for families to encourage open and reflective discussions about online risks, wellbeing, and responsible technology use. These sessions supported parents and carers in establishing high expectations, healthy routines, and positive digital habits at home. As a result, families have developed greater confidence in talking about online safety together, helping to create a consistent approach between school and home and promoting safer, healthier online behaviours.
