For pupils to be the best they can be, they need to work together towards a common set of goals and school values. All too often, the pressures of a busy school life take over from devoting the time you need to promote your vision and values to the community. Once you have created your school values, embedding them within everyday life can be even more of a challenge. How do you encompass all that underpins your approach in a few words? To begin, you could try one of our vision and values workshops to help you create or re-establish your values. The first step to defining the values by which you want to develop pupils’ character, along with a set of values to reflect them, is a daunting task. This is not currently a statutory requirement but experts predict that with the new Ofsted Framework stating that schools have a duty to support the character development of their pupils, that the Character Education Framework will become part of their benchmarks to measure performance in this area. November 2019 saw the introduction of the Character Education Framework for schools. “Business is clear that developing the right attitudes and attributes in people – such as resilience, respect, enthusiasm and creativity – is just as important as academic or technical skills.” Change is happening Neil Carberry, the CBI’s director for employment and skills, said that: “Pupils who are confident, motivated and resilient will be better prepared for adult life and we believe they will get on better both in education and employment.” Nicky Morgan (9 th November 2015). Nicky Morgan spoke at the CBI Annual Conference about the importance of character in education for children to be successful in their adult life and in the workplace. In 2015 the DfE launched the first Character Awards for schools.
The Counter Terrorism Act and Prevent duty emphasise a school’s responsibilities to promote these values.
Since then, encouraging ‘British Values’ has increased in profile and importance. In 2014 the concept of British Values was introduced in Schools in the UK. There’s a lot you can do to build character through school values, you just need to know where to begin! Character builds confidence The wider impact So their importance shouldn’t be underestimated. School values can help pupils understand right from wrong and they can also help to shape the mindsets and behaviour of future adults. Promoting character and school values School values and a strong ethos should underpin all that you do.
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