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British values: What are England's schools doing?

British values are nothing new – this is the message Headteacher Update is hearing from headteachers. Call it community cohesion, SMSC or religious education, most primary schools are already teaching British values. Now they must make sure inspectors see it too.

Established headteachers will often point out that new initiatives are generally not that new at all. By another name we have seen many innovations come and go in education.

The Trojan Horse affair brought a flurry of concern about the values being transmitted and the terms "British values" and "preparation for life in modern Britain" entered the Ofsted handbook.

However, most primary schools already ensure that pupils are introduced to a values system. Golden rules and codes of conduct form the basis of how many schools are run.
Values education can be implicit within school policy and practice or in some cases, delivered directly.

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