british values
Promoting Fundamental British Values
The Department for Education introduced a statutory duty for schools to promote British values more actively from September 2014, and to ensure young people leave school prepared for life in modern Britain. Pupils are encouraged to regard people of all faiths, races and cultures with respect and tolerance and understand that while different people may hold different views about what is ‘right’ and ‘wrong’, all people living in England are subject to its law.
The Key Values are:
- Democracy;
- Rule of law;
- Individual liberty;
- Mutual respect;
- Tolerance of those of different faiths and beliefs;
- Positive contributions to life in Modern Britain.
At Holgate Primary School, we actively promote British values through:
- Focusing on and showing how the school’s work is effective in securing these values;
- Challenging pupils, staff or parents who express opinions contrary to British values;
- Create opportunities throughout the academic year to actively learn and celebrate different values.
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To support our children’s understanding of Democracy we encourage children to know their views count, value each other’s views and values and talk about their feelings through:
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To support our children’s understanding of Mutual Respect and Tolerance we ensure our children acquire an understanding, appreciation of and respect for their own and other cultures. They learn about similarities and differences between themselves and others and among families, faiths, communities, cultures, and traditions and share and discuss practices, celebrations, and experiences by:
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To support our children’s understanding of their Individual Liberty so that they know they are free to think as they see fit and understand that they have the freedom to make choices with the knowledge to know that they are accountable for their actions we:
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To support our children’s understanding of Rule of Law we ensure that our children understand that school rules are used to mirror society laws and that these must be respected. We promote learning of Rule of Law through:
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To support our children with their positive contributions to life in Modern Britain we ensure our children look after their learning environment ensuring that they are provided with opportunities to show care and concern for living things and take on roles of responsibility by:
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