Since September 2014, schools and early years settings in England have been required by Ofsted to show that they are actively promoting British values to the children in their settings. The move followed concerns about a perceived promotion of strict Islamist values in some schools in Birmingham.
But ‘British values’ as a concept can be misinterpreted. ‘It is important to knock down some of the myths that have been built up about British values, or as I prefer to call them, human values. The word ‘British’ has led to lots of companies making money selling things like Union Jack bunting and Morris dancing CDs, which is completely not what it is about,’ says Kathryn Solly, early years consultant and author, who delivers training on British values for Early Education.
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