Williamwood High School Rights Respecting award

That this House congratulates Williamwood High School, East Renfrewshire on achieving the Gold: Rights Respecting award, which is granted to schools that have fully embedded the principles of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child into their curriculum; understands that the school's values of respect, kindness and ambition were developed in partnership with pupils, staff, parents and other stakeholders to explicitly tie to the ideals of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child; notes the range of activities undertaken by the school to achieve the award, including updating their equality policy to reflect the unique challenges of returning to in-person teaching, promoting the development of healthy lifestyles, training mental health first aiders, supporting pupils to become advocates for other young people globally including by hosting a Culture Day and focusing on Worlds Aids Day, LGBTQI+ equality groups and Black History Month; appreciates that the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child must be seen as a whole, that all rights are linked and no one right is seen as more important than another, and that the convention is the most widely ratified human rights treaty in the world; and wishes all the pupils, staff and parents well as they continue to support the implementation of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child.