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Teaching British values in schools won’t entirely prevent radicalisation and extremism. However, it can help you to nurture critical thinkers and active citizens who respect others and challenge prejudice and discrimination.
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Strengthened guidance on improving the spiritual, moral, social and cultural development of pupils.
This was published under the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government
The Department for Education has today (27 November 2014) published guidance on promoting British values in schools to ensure young people leave school prepared for life in modern Britain.
The guidance aims to help both independent and state-maintained schools understand their responsibilities in this area. All have a duty to ‘actively 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. These values were first set out by the government in the ‘Prevent’ strategy in 2011.
Until now schools have been required to ‘respect’ these values, but as a result of changes brought in earlier in the year all schools must now have a clear strategy for embedding these values and show how their work with pupils has been effective in doing so. In a letter to the Education Select Committee in March, the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Schools Lord Nash explained the changes were designed to “tighten up the standards on pupil welfare to improve safeguarding, and the standards on spiritual, moral, social and cultural development of pupils to strengthen the barriers to extremism”.
Ofsted and the independent inspectorates now take the work of schools in this area into account during inspections.
1.See the SMSC guidance for maintained schools and for independent schools, academies and free schools.
2.See also the government’s consultation interim response on part 2 of the Independent School Standards, covering the SMSC development of pupils.
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The main points of this advice are to make clear: that maintained schools should promote pupils’ spiritual, moral, social and cultural (SMSC) development; what is expected of schools in...
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This resource demonstrates how the promotion of Fundamental British Values can be carried out holistically throughout the school’s practice, as well as providing activities and resources to support teachers in bolstering their citizenship work with pupils.
Take some time to look through all of the information that you've gathered and begin developing a clear and concise British values policy that outlines what British values are, how they will be promoted in the school, and how your school will monitor and evaluate their implementation.
Feb 22, 2020 · School values can include resilience, aspiration, determination, tolerance, respect and team spirit. UNICEF’s Rights for Children provides an excellent framework for teaching children about school values.
Jun 6, 2024 · All schools are expected to provide opportunities for the spiritual, moral, social and cultural (SMSC) development of their pupils. As part of this, you should promote “fundamental British values”. The DfE defines these values as: Democracy. The rule of law. Individual liberty.
