How do we promote British Values at Ox Close Primary School?
The Department for Education state that there is a need “to create and enforce a clear and rigorous expectation on all schools to promote fundamental British values of democracy, the rule of law, individual liberty and mutual respect and tolerance of those with different faiths and beliefs.”
At Ox Close Primary School we are committed to these values and reinforce them in the following ways:
Democracy
- Children’s Leadership Team elections are held at the beginning of each school year to select two representatives from Year 2 – Year 6.
- Children’s Leadership Team meetings are held on a regular basis with members of the Senior Leadership Team to allow children the opportunity to share their views and help to make decisions about upcoming events within the school.
- Pupil Questionnaires are completed on a yearly basis to give pupils the opportunity to share their views.
- Children are selected to support in the interviewing process for new staff.
- Help pupils to express their views, for example through English lessons and opportunities to present
work and opinions
Rule of Law
- A clear behaviour policy is in place across the school, with consistent rewards and sanctions.
- The school has implemented a very successful behaviour system with the use of Class Charts and children are awarded for achieving milestones in their points throughout the school year.
- Individual Behaviour Plans and Behaviour Logs are in place for children, where the school behaviour system does not meet their needs.
- Visits from the police, PCSO and other emergency services.
- A clear Anti-bullying policy is shared with pupils and parents at the beginning of each school year.
- National themed weeks, such as Online Safety and Anti-bullying week are given significant status in the school calendar, with lessons and assemblies planned to support it.
Mutual Respect
- Through the RE and SMSC curriculum, children are introduced to a wide range of faiths and religions.
- Group work activities are promoted in lessons to support positive relationships.
- Team captains and Children’s Leadership Team Captains are elected at the beginning of each school year.
- Visitors from other faiths and religions are invited in to school to link to the children’s learning.
- Show Racism the Red Card is supported in school and given a high profile through assemblies and activities.
- National Awareness days are celebrated in whole school assemblies.
- Star of the Week Assemblies celebrate children’s achievements each week.
Individual Liberty
- A range of extra-curricular activities are offered to children.
- E-Safety Week including at E-Safety assembly encourages children to exercise their rights to personal freedom safely.
- Challenge stereotypes.
- Anti-bullying week encourages children to act safely and think about others.
- Educational visits and school outings support children in forming positive relationships and broadening their learning.
- Children are encouraged to share their successes outside of school on Seesaw, to share with their peers in the classroom.
Respect and Tolerance
- Through RE, PSHE and RSE, children look at and discuss the importance of respecting individual differences and beliefs.
- Promote the importance of equality, diversity and inclusion.
- Themes events take places across the school to raise awareness of celebrations in other countries, for example, Chinese New Year.
- Discuss differences between people, such as differences of faith, ethnicity, disability, gender
or sexuality and differences of family situations.
