Undoubtedly, children’s safety, health and environmental rights constitute key human rights implications of climate change. Given the rural-urban inequalities, this paper explored how rural children’s access to these rights has been violated in Zimbabwe. A qualitative approach was employed, and data were collected through key informant interviews with school heads, teachers, and parents, as well as focus group discussions with secondary school learners in Bikita District, Masvingo Province. Results revealed that climate change is not only widening children’s rights inequalities but also exacerbating violations of children’s rights among rural school learners in Zimbabwe. Children are deprived of adequate access to their right to information and participation in environmental information. Extreme weather events, underlying harsh environmental conditions in rural areas and poor climate resilience in schools have contributed to violations of rural schoolchildren’s right to protection and right of access to health. Droughts have exposed rural children to child labour, exploitation, poor nutrition, hygiene and sanitation. This underscores the urgent need to mainstream these rights in educational policy and practice, including capacity building and resource support, to ensure the enjoyment of rural children’s rights in the face of climate change.