Promoting British Values

Spiritual development is about the development of a sense of identity, self-worth, personal insight, meaning and purpose.

It is about the development of a pupil’s ‘spirit’.

Some people may call it the development of a pupil’s ‘soul’; others as the development of a ‘personality’ or ‘character’.

Moral development is about the building of a framework of moral values which regulates personal behaviour.

It is also about the development of pupils’ understanding of society’s shared and agreed values. It is about understanding that there are issues where there is disagreement and it is also about understanding that society’s values change.

Moral development is about gaining an understanding of the range of views and the reasons for the range. It is also about developing an opinion about the different views.

Social development is about young people working effectively with each other and participating successfully in the community as a whole. It is about the development of the skills and personal qualities necessary for living and working together.

It is about functioning effectively in a multi-racial, multi-cultural society. It involves growth in knowledge and understanding of society in all its aspects.

This includes understanding people as well as understanding society’s institutions, structures and characteristics, economic and political principles and organisations, roles and responsibilities ands life as a citizen in a community.

It also involves the development of the inter-personal skills necessary for successful relationships.

Cultural development is about the appreciation of culture and other cultures in a town, region and in the country as a whole.

It is about understanding cultures represented in Europe and elsewhere in the world. It is about understanding and feeling comfortable in a variety of cultures and being able to operate in the emerging world culture of shared experiences provided by television, travel and the internet.

It is about understanding that cultures are always changing and coping with change.

Promoting pupils’ cultural development is intimately linked with schools’ attempts to value diversity and prevent racism.

• Student Council Team
• Visits to Parliament
• Student Surveys
• Student Voice
• Involvement in staff appointments

• Taught in RE/History and Performing Arts and other subjects where relevant, looking specifically at individual rights and responsibilities in relation to this.

• Be aware of/monitor changes of behaviour which may indicate changes in beliefs
• Strong pastoral system
• Student leadership team
• Taught to support each other and stand up to discrimination

• Ethos of the school – part of school life
• Respect for individual differences
• Modelling behaviour
• Setting standards and attitudes and behaviour in school
• Awareness and tolerance of communities which are different to their own, thus preparing for life in modern Britain

• Assemblies – both staff and student led
• RE Lessons
• Challenging extremist attitudes
• Taught to stand up to discrimination and to understand this is protected by law

We place great emphasis on building positive relationships in school and believe that these values should not just be taught but thoroughly embedded into school life.

We actively support our students to develop into active, responsible citizens who have empathy towards others.

• Students encouraged to give their views on issues
• Safeguarding procedures training for all staff
• Within particular subjects e.g. History, RE, Performing Arts, English and Geography – promotion of tolerance of different views, democracy, parliament and immigration, extremist behaviour and equality and diversity
• Regular curriculum review
• Opportunity to visit different places of worship
• Visits from representatives from those of different faiths or none within curriculum areas and full year group assemblies.