British Values

The five British values build understanding and critical thinking from a personal, local, national and global context by considering democracy (an understanding of how citizens can influence decision-making through the democratic process), the rule of law (an appreciation that living under the rule of law protects individual citizens and is essential for wellbeing and safety), individual liberty (an understanding that the freedom to hold other faiths and beliefs is protected in law), mutual respect and tolerance of those of different faiths and beliefs (an understanding of the importance of identifying and combatting discrimination and an acceptance that people having different faiths or beliefs to oneself).

At Manorside Academy we:

• Enable pupils to develop their self-knowledge, self-esteem and self-confidence
• Enable pupils to distinguish right from wrong and to respect the civil and criminal law of England
• Encourage pupils to accept responsibility for their behaviour, show initiative, and to understand how they can contribute positively to the lives of those living and working in the locality of the school and to society more widely
• Enable pupils to acquire a broad general knowledge of, and respect for, public Institutions and services in England
• Ensure further tolerance and harmony between different cultural traditions by enabling pupils to acquire an appreciation of, and respect for, their own and other cultures
• Encourage respect for other people
• Encourage respect for democracy and support for participation in the democratic processes, including respect for the basis on which the law is made and applied in England.
• At Manorside Academy we actively promote the fundamental British values of democracy, the rule of law, individual liberty, mutual respect and tolerance of those with different faiths and beliefs.