14 School Radio Clubs, and counting…..

09/11/2026 3

Written by Ruby & Lucy, both aged 18.

Fourteen schools in Shropshire are proud members of our School Radio Club – a project that began in May 2025. Each School Radio Club is set up by INTune Radio volunteers who go into schools to set up professional radio equipment that is used by school students. We show the teachers how to run a radio club who produce amazing shows with their pupils – and we’re there for ongoing hand holding to support each school. Each school radio team has a choice of a professional radio media role and together they collaborate under their teachers guidance to produce their own radio show. Each show is aired on our Saturday morning radio show, ‘Your Voice Matters’!

The benefits

Participation in a school radio club comes with numerous benefits, including improved oracy, teamwork, confidence and the exploration of professional roles in radio and media. Moreover, the School Radio Club helps us to learn what social issues affect schools, the local community and pupils. We get to hear young people’s views on the world around them and what they think should be done to improve it.

Feedback

Our first school radio club was with Wilfred Owen Primary School, they value empowerment, ambition, collaboration, positivity, respect and integrity. We’ve had some remarkable feedback from Wilfred Owen Primary School’s Head of School, Sarah O’Hara on our School Radio Club, and what it has brought to her pupils and staff. She has stated that this has been “a golden opportunity for our children to use their voices in a different way”, and that they have “already got a waiting list for the Radio Club”. This enthusiasm for our Radio Club has led to thirteen more schools across the county taking part.

Enrichment

This informal method of learning supplements and enriches a more rigid school curriculum – teaching pupils as young as four years old the incredible opportunities that presenting and preparing shows provides. The School Radio Club is accessible and provides many benefits to all participants including SEN students. In addition, it provides media experience, which is a rarity.

Join in

We are open to all schools across the Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin area. If you wish to get involved please get in touch by emailing: info@intune-radio.co.uk.