British Values, Equalities and Protected Characteristics

The DfE has 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 Durrington All Saints we uphold and teach pupils about British Values which are defined as: 

• democracy;
• rule of law;
• individual liberty;
• mutual respect;
• tolerance of those of different faiths and beliefs

These values are embedded throughout our curriculum, our Worship and daily school life.  

We live these values as part of our everyday life at Durrington – we have our 'Durrington Rules’ to keep us safe and learning, we choose our Value Champions, we respect each other’s views and beliefs and treat everyone in the Durrington community equally and kindly.  

We talk about these values every day, sometimes as part of our PHSE lessons and often as part of Collective Worship and other subjects.  

We use the Jigsaw PSHE scheme which helps 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. Jigsaw contributes, as a good PSHE programme should, to the British Values agenda significantly, both through the direct teaching of information and through the experiential learning children will enjoy. The 5 different strands of the British Values agenda have been mapped across every Puzzle and every Piece (lesson).

As well as the British Values, and our Durrington Values, we are committed to Equalities Education. We work hard to ensure that our children understand:

• Everyone is included – we show love, acceptance and tolerance to all
• Everyone is different
• We celebrate our differences
• We are all equal in our differences

The Equality Act became law in 2010. It covers everyone in Britain and protects people from discrimination, harassment and victimisation. The Equality Act protects people against discrimination because of the protected characteristics that we all have. Under the Equality Act, there are nine Protected Characteristics: 

At Durrington, we teach and promote equality in our curriculum. Our vision and Christian values, enable us to ensure children understand and show the love, acceptance and tolerance to all that we expect.