British Values
Woodthorpe Infant School is committed to actively promoting British values to ensure our pupils leave us fully prepared for Key Stage 2 and beyond.
The government emphasises that all schools should ensure that they teach pupils about British values. We take every opportunity to promote the fundamental British values of:
Through the promotion of these values, our school aims to ensure all of our pupils understand:
We promote British values both within and beyond the classroom and these values are at the heart of our ethos.
Protected Characteristics
Through teaching the children about the protected characteristics, we feel that we are supporting them to gain an understanding of the world they are growing up in, and learn how to live alongside, and show respect for, a diverse range of people.
The Equality Act 2010, identifies the following as protected characteristics:
At Woodthorpe Infant School we prioritise the 'bold' characteristics above. For further information, please look at our Respect and RE curricula.
We also pride ourselves on having a well-considered approach to the teaching of the protected characteristics, in order to:
eliminate discrimination, harassment, victimisation;
advance equality of opportunity between persons who share a relevant protected characteristic and persons who do not share it; and
foster good relations between persons who share a relevant protected characteristic and persons who do not share it.
What our children say:
"The bus driver asked Rosa Parks to get out of her seat but she said no. She went to prison. She wasn't scared because she knew what she was fighting for was right."