The Government defined its concept of ‘British values’ in its 2011 Prevent strategy, and since 2014 the Department for Education has required all academies to “promote the fundamental British values of democracy, the rule of law, individual liberty, and mutual respect and tolerance of those with different faiths and beliefs”.
Our academy has a wonderfully diverse community and welcomes and values everyone, whatever their ability, ethnicity, religion, gender, sexuality, or background. Currently, we have pupils and families who originate from many different countries worldwide. As a community academy, we believe we have a vital role in combating discrimination and promoting fairness, justice, and equality through our teaching and in the role models we offer. We teach our pupils to be responsible citizens and positive representatives of the United Kingdom within the wider world.
Promoting British values is, therefore, an intrinsic part of all we do. We expect that these values and attitudes are modelled and promoted by all the staff, allowing pupils to see and hear these values in action every day.
We promote ‘British values’ through our spiritual, moral, social, and cultural education which is developed through all curriculum areas and in all aspects of school life.
‘British values’ have been identified as:
- Democracy
- Rule of Law
- Individual Liberty
- Mutual Respect
- Acceptance of different faiths and beliefs
Many of our Life Skills, Tutor sessions and Assemblies will reference the importance of Fundamental British Values.
Students cover a range of topics every other Monday in their time with Form Tutors. We use Votes for Schools to resource these sessions. We can provide an overview of how each session contributes to students knowledge and understanding in relation to the values shown above.
