Our shared British Values

Throughout our Curriculum and across the life of the school we try to teach an agreed set of values that represents the country and community we live in. We do not teach a specific 'British Values' lesson but through our curriculum design you will find the promotion of values that will help our children develop into responsible individuals. This is reflected in our school statement as we recognise that our children will be '...the heart and future of our community'.

Working with the other primary schools in our locality we have written a statement of our collective British Values that we share, as we share the community with a variety of faith and community schools. These are shared values that we feel are important to promote for every child in our local community. Please click the link below to read them.

R.E. and British values

As a school, we actively promote the British values of:

• democracy 
• the rule of law 
• individual liberty 
• mutual respect 
• tolerance of those with different faiths and beliefs.

Actively promoting the values means challenging opinions or behaviours in school that are contrary to British values.  RE lessons should offer a structured and safe space during curriculum time for reflection, discussion, dialogue and debate. Excellent teaching of RE will enable pupils to learn to think for themselves about British values.  In RE pupils learn the skills and develop attitudes that help protect themselves and others from harm throughout their lives.

The RE classroom must be a democratic classroom where all pupils have an equal right to be heard and democracy is modelled by the teacher and expected of every pupil.  In RE pupils examine different codes for living and consider the value of the rule of law where all people are equal before the law.  They consider questions about identity and belonging. Religion is a good case study of the balance between individual liberty and the greater good.  RE can challenge pupils to be increasingly respectful and to celebrate diversity of different cultures, faiths and beliefs.