Prevent and British Values
The Department for Education have recently reinforced the need “to create and enforce a clear and rigorous expectation on all providers of education to promote fundamental British values.”
The Government set out its definition of British values in the 2011 Prevent Strategy, and these values have been reiterated with a statutory Prevent Duty placed on Providers of education from 1st July 2015.
British values are defined within the duty as including:
- Democracy
- The rule of law
- Individual liberty
- Mutual respect
- Tolerance for those with different faiths and beliefs
With these values in mind, at Phoenix Education we aim to:
Help learners to become valuable and rounded members of society who treat others with respect
and tolerance, regardless of background.
Promote the basic British values of democracy, the rule of law, individual liberty and mutual
respect and tolerance for those of different beliefs and faiths.
Celebrate difference and promote diversity across all our activities and throughout our supply
chain and the Primes we work with.
Encourage an understanding of the difficulties other cultures face where such values are not
respected.
We are taking action to:
Embed different materials about democracy and how the law works into curriculum materials.
Ensure that all our learners have a voice that is listened to and valued and demonstrate how
democracy works through promoting our Learner Voice programme of activities.
Use opportunities such as general elections and debates to promote British values and help
learners to argue and defend different points of view.
Actively consult with our learner representatives to gather learner views and feedback on key
policies that affect the learners under our care.
Encourage learners to become responsible learners and to actively participate in their own
learning and development.
Provide staff development training.
To promote British values and ensure that out statutory duty under Prevent is embedded in our
supply chain and our providers' staff teams.