British Values
We actively encourage and promote British values at Brompton Academy and firmly believe that all students should embrace and outwardly demonstrate the values of honesty, loyalty, integrity, respect and democracy, regardless of their nationality, culture or religious belief and have tolerance of others.
Through our bespoke Personal and Professional Development Programme, Ethics, Assemblies and Personal Tutor time, we immerse and offer our students access to learning about spiritual, moral, social and cultural education.
We strongly believe students should not merely be taught British values but that they are embedded into Academy life and are the foundations for how we interact, learn, communicate and work together as a wider community. Our innovative approach ensures that British values are fostered within the Academy’s ethos of inclusivity and is accessible to all students at Brompton Academy.
Through our Personal and Professional Development (PPD) curriculum we focus on personal values and identity in Phase One. Year 7 students are introduced to the British Values, what they mean and how they impact them as British citizens.
We aim to build students understanding of the British Values by exploring how they relate to different areas and topics of study. Year 8 students focus on identity, self-image, diversity, equality and prejudice. They learn about different types of discrimination including agism, homophobia, transphobia and disablism. In Year 9 students learn more about stereotypes and discrimination focusing on racism and religious intolerance. They also explore issues around fake news, divisive language and media bias.
Lastly, as students mature, they will use critical thinking skills to analyse the complex relationships between the British Values. In Phase Two, students learn about issues linked to various cultures within Britain. This includes modern slavery and extremism. The spiralled curriculum means students build on their prior knowledge of issues studied in previous years. They take a more in-depth and nuanced look at diversity, discrimination, conflicting values and challenging and offensive behaviour.
In all year groups at Brompton Academy, students’ look at which cultures and events are influential within British society and how they influence us as a nation.
In Ethics we look at the rule of law and how this may be contrasted with religious rules or moral precepts. For example, in an exploration of the idea of rules generally, children may consider why we all have to follow civic law and the impact this has on our lives.
This may then be contrasted with rules, precepts and guidance given by different religious communities. In addition, students may explore how democracy and legislation in the UK, in contrast to some other jurisdictions, support and protect people’s religious beliefs and freedoms.
We also explore the idea of individual liberty by studying non-Christian faiths in the UK; the idea of freedom of religion may arise as part of the rights of the individual.
We address the issue of mutual respect across the phases in Ethics lessons through case studies, religious teachings and ethical debates. Students’ hear stories of people who have taken particular actions because of their beliefs, actions that have been about equal treatment and respect for those who are, for example, black, female, or have a different religious belief from the majority, such as Martin Luther King or Malala Yousafzi.
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