British Values and Protected Characteristics

British Values

At Willowbrook Primary School we aim to prepare children for life in modern Britain by ensuring that the fundamental British Values are introduced, discussed, and lived out through the ethos and work of the school.

Our school values are linked and unpinned by British Values:

• Democracy Rule of law
• Individual liberty
• Mutual Respect
• Tolerance of different cultures and religions

School Assemblies as well as RE lessons enhance the children’s learning opportunities and encourage both the British Values and our School Values to be enacted.

In addition, we use Jigsaw PSHE 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 very significantly, both through the direct teaching of information and through the experiential learning children will enjoy.

Protected Characteristics

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

• Everyone is included – we show care, 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 - everyone in Britain is protected. This is because 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: 

• Age
• Disability
• Gender reassignment
• Race
• Religion or belief
• Marriage or civil partnership
• Sex
• Sexual orientation
• Pregnancy and maternity

At Willowbrook, we teach and promote these in our curriculum and embed them into our ethos. Our vision and values, enable us to ensure children understand and show the care, acceptance and tolerance to all we expect.

The document below outlines our whole-school approach to the Protected Characteristics we uphold.

Willowbrook's Approach to Protected Characteristics

To read more about how our curriculum links to both British Values and Protected Chacrteristics please see our curriculum documents for PSHE here.