British Values

British Values are important to Darwen Vale High School, embedding a culture of high standards and common decency.  Vale Values together with RE days, assemblies and individual subject curriculums, regularly reinforce the four British Values of respect, freedom, democracy and rule of law. 

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Vale Values is taught twice weekly during form time, tackling the topics of relationships, health and wellbeing and living in the wider world.  British Values are woven into all of these topics, especially “living in the wider world” which investigates all four British Values in the very first term, setting the standard for the rest of the academic year. Also during Autumn term, Vale Values together with school assemblies work in unison to deliver the same key messages. For example, “respect” is taught in Vale Values then reinforced that same week in Armistice assemblies. 

 

Likewise, “freedom” and “rule of law” are covered by Vale Values during bonfire week, whilst at the same time reiterated during assembly time that same week.  By writing the Vale Values curriculum in this timely way, topical issues and British Values are given context and meaning.

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All in all, our Character Curriculum has been a tremendous success so far and a perfect vehicle for promoting British Values.