SMSC

 

At Bournemouth Park Academy we recognise that the personal development of our pupils, spiritually, morally, socially and culturally plays a significant part in their ability to learn and achieve.

 

We therefore aim to provide an education that provides children with opportunities to explore and develop their own values and beliefs, spiritual awareness, high standards of personal behaviour, a positive caring attitude towards other people, an understanding of their social and cultural traditions and an appreciation of the diversity and richness of other cultures.

 

All adults model and promote expected behaviour, treating all people as valuable individuals and showing respect for pupils and their families.  Children are taught to differentiate between right and wrong, in as far as their actions affect other people, and they are encouraged to value themselves and others.  Children are taught to understand their rights and responsibilities and the need to respect the rights of others.

 

The Academy's expectations, enshrined within its ethos and vision, promote responsible behaviour.

Fundamental British Values

 

Fundamental British Values are a set of agreed beliefs and principles designed to create an orderly society, where individual citizens can feel safe, valued and can contribute for the good of themselves and others.
 

 

In 2014, the DfE published guidance placing a duty on schools to ‘actively promote’ fundamental British values, as part of SMSC in schools, to help prepare young people for life in modern Britain.