Promoting Fundamental British Values at St Bartholomew’s

In accordance with The Department for Education we aim to actively promote British values in schools to ensure young people leave school prepared for life in modern Britain.

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 its law.

The Key Values are:

  • democracy
  • rule of law
  • individual liberty
  • mutual respect
  • tolerance of those of different faiths and beliefs
St Bartholomew’s is affiliated with the Royal British Legion
Our democratically elected School Council
Work from Black History Week
Forget-Me-Nots visit a local care home
Our 2020 fundraising paid for clean toilets in many locations worldwide
During lockdown, our children made cards for local Royal British Legion members.
Democracy

Key Value

UN CRC Article 12: Children have the right to say what they think should happen, when adults are making decisions that affect them, and to have their opinions taken into account.

Provision

  • Ensure that everyone has a right to have a say
  • Ensure the child’s, parents and staff voice is heard
  • Support children to take turns
  • Encourage children to share
  • Support children to become independent and take responsibility
  • Support children to learn boundaries
  • Give children the opportunities to make choices
  • Promote a climate to share opinions and ideas
  • Ensure that children are listened to
  • Respect everyone as an individual
  • Role model behaviour
  • Celebrate differences in people

Support children to have a positive sense of their own identity and culture

Evidence

  • Our Christian Values
  • Mission Statement
  • Pupil’s creation of their own class charters based on the school Christian Values and Golden Rules which are signed by every child
  • RE Curriculum based on Awareness, Mystery and Value, Understanding Christianity – encouraging children to respect both themselves and others
  • Marking work alongside children
  • Encouraging good listening skills
  • Pupil Voice
  • Electing School Council members through class vote
  • Differentiation in planning/teaching
  • Encouraging the children to be independent and reflective learners
  • Learning plans and Medical plans for individual children
  • Parent Meetings
  • Reports to parents
  • Relationship and Behaviour Policy
  • Anti-bullying policy
  • Safeguarding Policy
  • Home School Agreement
  • School Website
  • Encouraging an understanding of the rights of the child through our continuous work using Childline resources
The Rule of Law

Key Value

UN CRC Article 19: Governments should ensure that children are properly cared for, and protect them from violence, abuse and neglect by their parents, or anyone else who looks after them.

Provision

  • Support children to understand right and wrong
  • Support children’s understanding of how the law of the land and our school rules reflect the 10 Commandments
  • Share and support the rules of the setting with all stakeholders
  • To ensure children have an understanding of the consequences of their actions
  • To ensure there is no discrimination within the setting
  • To ensure that any discrimination identified is addressed within the setting
  • To ensure children have a sense of fairness

Listen to the child’s voice when deciding the setting’s rules and boundaries

Evidence

  • Pupil’s creation of their own class charters based on the school Christian Values and Golden Rules which are signed by every child
  • Relationship and Behaviour Policy shared with all stakeholders – also on the website.
  • Pupil Voice
  • PCSHE lessons
  • RE lessons
  • Children encouraged to take responsibility for their own actions.
  • Consistent approach to behaviour across school using Relationship and Behaviour Policy
  • Safeguarding / Anti-bullying /SEND policies.
  • Behaviour log / Racist incidents log
  • School Council
  • School Assemblies on the theme of fairness / discrimination
  • Close links with PCSO – e.g. visits to school for collective worship to introduce themselves and to reinforce British law
Individual Liberty

Key Value

UN CRC Article 31: All children have a right to relax and play, and to join in a wide range of activities.

UN CRC Article 15: Children have the right to meet together and to join groups and organisations, as long as this does not stop other people from enjoying their rights.

Provision

  • Plan for individual children
  • Ensure all information about the child progress and development is shared with both child and parents.
  • Ensure children have access to resources
  • To support parental choice
  • To support the rights of the child
  • To support children to make the right choices
  • To listen to everyone’s point of view

To ensure all stakeholders are considerate of others and the environment

Evidence

  • Mission Statement
  • RE Curriculum based on Awareness, Mystery and Value, Understanding Christianity – encouraging children to respect both themselves and others
  • Marking work alongside children
  • Encouraging good listening skills
  • Pupil Voice
  • Electing School Council members through class vote
  • Differentiation in planning/ teaching
  • Encouraging the children to be independent and reflective learners
  • Learning plans and medical plans for individual children
  • Parents Meetings
  • Reports to parents
  • Behaviour Policy
  • Safeguarding Policy
  • Home School Agreement
  • Encouraging an understanding of the rights of the child through our continuous work using Childline resources
Mutual Respect

Key Value

UN CRC Article 2: The Convention applies to everyone whatever their race, religion, abilities, whatever they think or say and whatever type of family they come from.

UN CRC Article 30: Children have a right to learn and use the language and customs of their families, whether these are shared by the majority of people in the country or not

Provision

  • Provide opportunities to consult parents
  • To work together as a team respecting each other
  • To ensure parents are involved in their children’s learning
  • To provide positive role models
  • To value individuality
  • To value all cultures and beliefs
  • To respect all languages
  • To respect each other’s space

To ensure all stakeholders feel safe and secure

Evidence

  • All staff modelling positive behaviour
  • Collective Worship – emphasising that every person is unique and ‘formed in the image of God’.
  • School motto: ‘Roots to Grow, Wings to Fly’ emphasising what we give to each and every child
  • Our affiliation with the Royal British Legion and active role in remembrance
  • Our Forget-Me-Nots links with the local community and visits to local care homes
  • PFSA support
  • Parent questionnaires
  • Learning about other faiths
  • Learning about other cultures
  • Black History Week
  • Celebration Collective Worships
  • Celebrating festivals of other cultures e.g. Diwali, Chinese New Year
  • Close links with local schools through CISP
  • Supporting charities through learning and fundraising
  • Displays around the school
  • Stories
  • PCSHE
Tolerance of those of different faiths and beliefs

Key Value

UN CRC Article 14: Children have the right to think and believe what they want, and to practise their religion, as long as they are not stopping other people from enjoying their rights. Parents should guide their children on these matters.

Provision

  • To combat discrimination through awareness
  • To ensure ethos of setting reflects an awareness of all cultures and beliefs
  • To have knowledge and understanding of other cultures and beliefs
  • To celebrate diversity within and outside the setting
  • To role model behaviour and attitudes towards others

To encourage all parental input in the setting

Evidence

  • Collective Worships – i. anti-bullying week
  • Collective Worships based on how Jesus encouraged tolerance in such stories as the’ Good Samaritan’ and the ‘Woman
  • at the Well’
  • Class discussions
  • Study of other faiths
  • Work in R.E. books based on the Somerset adopted scheme of work: Awareness, Mystery and Values and Understanding Christianity
  • Celebration of learning through school newsletter and Facebook group page

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