About us

The Welsh Assembly Government (WAG) believes that all children and young people have the right to be safe, happy and healthy and to develop their skills and potential through education. To show we are serious, we have signed up to something called the United National Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC). One of these rights (“Article 12”) says that children and young people should have a say when people are making decisions that affect them.

The pupil participation team in WAG is working to promote and develop children and young people’s participation in educational settings with a useful, social, fun and engaging website. This section of the site aims to give you the information and materials you need to support our youngest children to play a more active role in their learning and environment.

On this section of the site you can find out more about the UNCRC, what children and young people’s participation is and why it’s a good thing to develop, and what’s happening in Wales to support children and young people’s participation.

Enjoy!