ABSTRACT
While academic achievements may facilitate access to pathways of success in life, some commentators suggest that there are underlying attitudes and behaviours also influenced by education, which may be important in their own right. The list of personal qualities is long and could include social and communication skills, resilience, determination, motivation, confidence, self-esteem and self-efficacy. To study children's social and emotional skills, it is necessary to understand children's early life experiences. This chapter explores how young people's views on trust, civic participation and their role in society are strongly linked to the way they are treated at school, and to a lesser extent to the kinds of school they attend. It is believed that developing young people's citizenship can help in their social development and enable them to relate to others. Youth United is an umbrella organisation for uniformed groups, who developed new groups in secondary schools in England for Scouts, Sea Cadets, Fire Cadets and St John Ambulance Brigade.
