Promoting Fundamental British Values Harborne Primary School  

At Harborne Primary School all pupils are encouraged to regard people of all faiths, races and cultures with respect and tolerance and understand that while different people may hold different views about what is ‘right’ and ‘wrong’, all people living in England are subject to it’s law. 

The Government set out their definition of British Values in the 2011 Prevent Strategy. The Department for Education have reinforced the 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'.  

At Harborne Primary School, we develop and promote British Values throughout our general school ethos and core values and within our whole-school curriculum offer. We aim to ensure that children become valuable and fully rounded members of society who treat others with respect and leave our school fully prepared for life in Modern Britain. We nurture our children on their journey through life so they can grow into safe, caring, democratic, responsible and tolerant citizens who make a positive difference to British society and to the world.  We encourage our children to be creative, unique, open-minded and independent individuals, respectful of themselves and of others in our school, our local community and the wider world. 

The key values we teach provide children with the fundamental knowledge and skills they need to contribute to society. These include: 

 
The Key British Values are: 

• Democracy – An understanding of how citizens can influence decision-making through the democratic process. 

• The Rule of Law – An appreciation that living under the rule of law protects individual citizens and is essential for their well-being and safety. 

• Mutual Respect – An understanding of the importance of identifying and combatting discrimination. 

• Tolerance for those of different faiths and beliefs – An acceptance that other people have different faiths or beliefs to oneself (or having none) should be accepted and tolerated and should not be the cause of prejudicial or discriminatory behaviour. 

• Individual liberty – An understanding that the freedom to choose and hold other faiths and beliefs is protected in law. 

" We learn about the rule of law in loads of ways like in lessons and assemblies - but even when we think about classroom rules".            Fared Yr 5