Student Leadership in the College

A decision was made when Bridge House School was founded to develop an inclusive type of student leadership with the accent on 'servant leader'. The students elect representatives from each class to stand on the SRC (Students' Representative Council) which is led by an elected Executive. In the first year of its existence (1997) the Executive consisted of the entire Matric Class, numbering seven!

The Grade 11 groups debate leadership structures and responsibilities as well as ways to improve school spirit at the leadership camps held in the third term. The Students' Leadership Council is made up of an elected executive consisting of 8 Grade 12 pupils, six House Captains (3 boys and 3 girls), a boys' head of boarding and a girls' head of boarding and a head of Round Square. The Executive is elected after the candidates have publicised their campaigns by putting up posters around the school and have delivered a campaign speech in front of the school. This exercise in democracy involved the pupils themselves, with staff only acting as electoral officers.