British Values

The Department for Education states that there is a need:

“To create and enforce a clear and rigorous expectation on all schools to 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”.

Our school reflects British values in all that we do.

We nurture our children on their journey through life so they grow in to caring, responsible and tolerant adults who celebrate diversity and difference, make a positive difference to British society and to the wider world. We encourage them to be creative, unique, open-minded and independent individuals, respectful of themselves and others in our school, our local community and beyond.

Promoting British Values at Sheep Dip Lane Academy

Sheep Dip Academy promotes and upholds the British Values of Democracy, the rule of law, individual liberty, mutual respect and tolerance.  

An understanding of democracy is developed through our academy’s Pupil Parliament. Following a vote, each class elects a Member of Parliament. The Parliament meets weekly to bring to the table any issues or ideas from their constituents. In addition, they are consulted about their ideas for academy improvement and in policy making. 

An understanding of the rule of law is developed through class discussions around the rights and responsibilities of the pupils and setting up of class agreements. The academy ‘Golden Rules’ inform the behaviour reward systems within the academy and are promoted at all times during the academy day.

An understanding of civil liberty (freedom of speech, freedom of movement, freedom of assembly, freedom of association and freedom of religious worship) is developed through pupil voice, pupil choice and pupil influence in the curriculum and in all aspects of academy life.

An understanding of respect and tolerance is developed through our academy ethos, our Golden Rules and our approaches to managing behaviour in a restorative and proactive manner. 

The Prevent Strategy, released in 2011 to combat extremism in the UK, defined “British values” as the promotion of “democracy, rule of law, equality of opportunity, freedom of speech and the rights of all men and women to live free from persecution of any kind”.

British Values are entwined within our school curriculum.

British Values at Sheep Dip Lane Academy

Elements within our RE Discovery package further supports our learning in the sublect, embedding these values for our children to carry and build on throughout their lives:

Discovery RE KS1 supporting British Values

Discovery RE Y3 Y4 supporting British Values

Discovery RE Y5 Y6 supporting British Values