Torbay Children's Parliament 2025
Friday 20th June 2025
Your voice, your future: inspiring young voters! Thinking about the importance of having a say in decisions that affect them and how young people can be empowered to participate in democracy, how can we encourage young people to register and vote?
Judging Panel (Torbay Council)
- Matthew Fairclough-Kay, Director of Corporate Services, Torbay Council
- Catherine Hayden, Electoral Services Team Leader
- Councillor Hannah Stevens
- Councillor John Fellows
For Riviera Education Trust
- Stewart Biddles, CEO
- Wendy Vreony, Communications Lead
Participating schools
- Homelands Primary School
- Kings Ash Academy
- Oldway Primary School
- Our Lady of the Angels Catholic Primary School
- Preston Primary School
- Roselands Primary School
- Sacred Heart RC Primary School
- Shiphay Learning Academy
RESULTS
1st place: Homelands Primary School
2nd place: Our Lady of the Angels Catholic Primary School
3rd place: Shiphay Learning Academy
What the judges said:
Homelands:
Loved the opening section. Powerful use of previous changes to voting rights. Overall, a very strong argument.
Our Lady of
the Angels:
Clear demonstration and persuasive use of research. Really good, confident delivery, which added to the strong persuasion. Lots of examples of positive change.
Shiphay:
Good use of role play and visuals. Presented a good argument and we liked the focus on young people’s creativity
