EAL – What are British Values? | Brooklands Farm Primary School

EAL- What are British Values?

The Department for Education 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.

According to Ofsted, ‘fundamental British values’ are:

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

School Inspection Handbook from September 2015

Advice from the Department for Education is that British values should be promoted through SMSC. SMSC stands for spiritual, moral, social and cultural development. All schools in England must show how well their pupils develop in SMSC.

EAL – What are British Values?

Advice from the Department for Education is that British values should be promoted through SMSC. SMSC stands for spiritual, moral, social and cultural development. All schools in England must show how well their pupils develop in SMSC.

http://www.doingsmsc.org.uk/

This is set out in Promoting fundamental British values as part of SMSC.