This Department for Education brief relates to the requirement for schools to actively promote fundamental British values (FBV), through the 2002 Education Act.
Maintained schools have obligations under section 78 of the Education Act (2002) which requires schools, as part
of a broad and balanced curriculum, to promote the spiritual, moral, social, and cultural (SMSC) development of pupils at the school and, by extension, of society.
This advice is primarily for headteachers and other staff of maintained schools who are responsible for curriculum matters, and governing bodies.
The main points of this advice are to make clear:
• that maintained schools should promote pupils’ spiritual, moral, social and cultural (SMSC) development;
• what is expected of schools in promoting fundamental British values; and
• how this aligns with schools’ duty to promote SMSC.
You can read the full brief here.
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