British Values have been in the news recently in the wake of the Trojan horse scandals but what are British values? What do British Values look like in practise?

How will OFSTED assess the sector against this new requirement?

Book Commission

I have been commissioned to write a book on ‘British Values in Practise’. This at first thought would be a very short book as I’m sure lots of you would agree when the we realised what British Values weren’t i.e. “Fish and Chip Fridays”  we understood that as good settings we already have the basis of British Values in our settings. However, when putting fingers to keyboard I found that there are questions that need to be addressed from a wide perspective before I could start.

Some points I think should be considered:

• What affect has the introduction British Values had on our practice, our children and our families?
• How are British Values included and promoted in faith based settings and schools? Have they faced any additional challenges?
• Are British Values really inclusive?
• If we have mutual respect why does tolerance exist in the same aspect?
• Is the term British Values really what we are promoting or is it something more?
• What is the positive and negative impact been from the individual setting to the early years sector as a whole?

It would be really good to hear your points of view on this and to share your ideas and comments and possible suggestions for the book copy.