What is meant by British values?

Learning about British values forms a key part of children’s spiritual, moral, cultural and social education. The five British values that the Government has identified for schools to focus on are:

• Democracy
• The rule of law
• Individual liberty and mutual respect and tolerance of those with different faiths and beliefs
• Developing personal and social responsibility
• Respect for British Institutions

How should we help our children prepare for adult life as citizens of Britain?

• Develop their self-confidence and self-esteem.
• Develop their understanding of right and wrong, and their respect for the law.
• Encourage them to take responsibility for their behaviour.
• Encourage involvement in the community and wider society.
• Encourage respect for the public services and institutions of Britain.
• Promote tolerance of and respect for all cultures and faiths.
• Encourage participation in the democratic process.

How does Leyland St James Primary School develop children’s understanding of British values?

We uphold the British value of Democracy by;

• facilitating a democratic process for electing pupil leadership roles, including Pupil Parliament and the running of the parliament.
• teaching about the democratic process in Britain. We teach about democracy through class debates, for example children argue, persuade and justify for and against all subject areas
• taking turns in class, at lunch and break time and in after school clubs.

  

We uphold the British value of the Rule of Law by

• teaching children an understanding of human rights, including the UNICEF rights of the child.
• implementing our class rules and school values which have clear and agreed statements, and ensuring that the children know their own right and respect the rights of others.
• teaching children to learn about the process of law-making and the part that citizens can play in that process.
• implementing our procedures and protocols for dealing with any behavioural or bullying issues and the very rare incidents of racial, homophobic and other forms of discrimination, which demonstrates to pupils that we take these issues very seriously, mirroring the attitudes of British society.

We uphold the British value of individual liberty and work to identify and combat discrimination by

• teaching an understanding of the concept of freedom and choice as part of everyday learning opportunities and in our PSHE curriculum.
• teaching our RE curriculum, which teaches understanding, tolerance and respect for others, including those of other faiths.
• hold and respect celebrations from cultures around the world, for example Diwali, Chinese New Year, Eid
• teaching children an understanding of human rights through assemblies and class lessons.
• providing our extra-curricular provision, which offers equal opportunities for all children, boys and girls, and children with Special Educational Needs in sport and other areas.
• holding discussions in RE, English and other subjects, which allow children to develop respect for the opinions, values and beliefs of others.

We uphold the British value of tolerance

• expecting children to demonstrate respect in many ways in school, towards themselves, each other and their environment.
• encouraging children to respect their own possessions, show respectful behaviour and attitudes, both at school and at home and to always do their personal best in all aspects of school life, living by our school values.
• running workshops for parents to help them to support their children to be respectful and tolerant citizens, for example our behaviour parent session, online safety, PSHRE parent session.
• reinforcing the Campfire Academy message of ‘stronger together’ and educating our children to appreciate it is our differences that bring our community together.