British Values

The Promotion of Fundamental British Values at Uffculme School

Democracy

In the wider curriculum:

 

  • Each tutor group elects a representative to the school council. These representatives take issues of concern for their tutor group to the school council and feed back to their tutor groups on the outcomes of their meetings.

  • Pupil voice is regularly used. For example, feedback on specific subjects when reviewing a curriculum area; groups reflecting on PSHE provision and the school culture; student surveys and the student council.

  • We have a debating club that helps students see how consensus can be reached through open, transparent debate.

  • Students have voted for their House charities.

The Rule of Law

In the wider curricululm:

 

  • An opportunity to participate in a mock trial is offered in year 10.

Individual Liberty

In the wider curriculum

 

  • This intersects with the democracy value: pupil voice and student council show students how their individual expression is listened to and considered in decision-making in the school.

Mutual Respect and Tolerance

In the wider curriculum

 

  • Kindness is a core value of the school; one way kindness is modelled and promoted is by showing mutual respect and tolerance of others. These values are regular features of assemblies: for example, those covering respect of personal boundaries and consent; those covering relevant current issues in the news (e.g. refugees crossing the English Channel).

  • Intolerant behaviour, such as discriminatory language, is always challenged and very robustly dealt with in the behaviour system.

  • Students come forward and speak to staff when they’ve witnessed or experienced discriminatory language, sharing in our confidence that these incidents are well-managed.

  • A key principle in the behaviour system is the idea of restoration of relationships. Staff always seek to develop strong, mutually respectful and tolerant relationships with students (modelling these values) and always seek to repair relationships where something has gone wrong. Similarly, mediating restorative conversations between students is a key part of our school pastoral systems.

  • Fundraising for charity is a regular occurrence, promoting the belief in students that helping others, or good causes, is worthwhile.

Subject Specific Curriculum

 

In addition to the wider curriculum overview, each subject area has explicitly detailed how their curriculum promotes the 5 fundamental British Values which can be viewed in this document here.