PUPILS at Holcombe Brook Primary School are stepping into the shoes of world leaders to get more children into education.

The youngsters at the school in Longsight Road have joined a campaign which aims to tell leaders what needs to be done to get the remaining 58 million children worldwide into primary school.

World leaders will gather in September in New York to decide how to tackle global poverty over the next 15 years.

The 'Send My Friend to School' campaign is asking young people to "step into the shoes of world leaders" and tell their MPs how they would deliver a better future for the world’s children.

In 2000, world leaders promised universal primary education by 2015, but it is estimated 58 million children are still out of school, with girls, children in conflict areas, and children with disabilities, missing out the most.

Mrs Casey Lynchey, year 3/4 teacher at Holcombe Brook Primary, said: "The children have been learning about the barriers to education for millions of children in the developing world.

“It’s been fantastic to see how much they’ve enjoyed stepping into the shoes of world leaders and trying to make a difference for children that don’t have the opportunities they have.

“They have now created 2D figures of themselves as world leaders and have covered them with ‘If I were a world leader’ messages to tell politicians what needs to be done to get education for every single child worldwide.

“They will be giving these to Bury MP David Nuttall to deliver to Number 10 to remind the UK government of their promise of universal primary education.”

Taahra Ghazi, Head of Campaigns for 'Send My Friend to School', said: “We are delighted that pupils at Holcombe Brook have shown their passion and determination that world leaders should keep their promise to get all children into primary school by the end of 2015. Last year over 4,300 schools got involved and spoke out for every child’s right to go to school."

Schools can sign up to the campaign by visiting sendmyfriend.org