Case Study: Davison High School
ACT Researcher, Faiza Hyder, shares a case study on embedding meaningful active citizenship opportunities for students within the school’s curriculum.
ACT Researcher, Faiza Hyder, shares a case study on embedding meaningful active citizenship opportunities for students within the school’s curriculum, culture and community.
Case Study: Davison High School
The latest case study to be published by ACT’s research team explores how Davison Church of England High School has successfully embedded meaningful active citizenship opportunities for students within the school’s curriculum, culture and community.
Davison Church of England High School is a secondary school for girls aged 11 to 16 in Worthing, West Sussex, England. The school offers a broad curriculum complimented by a range of opportunities to participate within the school, local community and wider community. The school has recently been awarded outstanding by Ofsted. The Ofsted report highlights the extensive range of extra-curricular and enrichment opportunities covering arts, sports, interest groups and social activities: “Community service is at the heart of school life. There are numerous opportunities for pupils to demonstrate active citizenship as school prefects and school councillors as well as through charitable work,” (Ofsted 2024).
This case study highlights two areas of interest; how the school has carefully planned a programme of active citizenship education incorporating Citizenship education’s 3Cs (curriculum, culture and community) and student engagement with GCSE Citizenship Studies.
Download the full Davison School Case Study: Embedding meaningful active citizenship opportunities for students within the school’s curriculum, culture and community.
About ACT’s Active Citizenship in Schools Programme
The Association for Citizenship Teaching (ACT) has commissioned Middlesex University London to undertake research to evaluate its Active Citizenship in Schools programme, which is running from 2021–25. The programme offers a strategic approach to embed social action and active citizenship within Citizenship and the school curriculum. It aims to identify models and practices that ensure pupils engage in and benefit from Citizenship education in a sustained and impactful way.
For more information about ACT, the Active Citizenship in Schools programme and how to join the National Citizenship Education Study, click here.
