Schools: British Values Debate

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Baroness Howe of Idlicote

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Voting Age (Comprehensive Reduction) Bill [HL]
Thursday 12th June 2014

(9 years, 11 months ago)

Lords Chamber
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My Lords, whilst I would have thought that we should all agree with and welcome the fact that there is to be added emphasis on respecting British values, will the Minister also undertake to ensure that the opposite side to values—bullying—is something which all schools should aim to abolish?

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I agree entirely with the noble Baroness. All schools have to have an anti-bullying policy. Ofsted inspects on that. We have reduced the guidance on bullying behaviour from nearly 500 pages to a much more focused list.

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