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The Department for Education has launched a consultation on strengthening powers to intervene in schools which are failing to actively promote British values.  Currently there is no similar standard applied to local authority maintained schools.  Ofsted will introduce an equivalent expectation on maintained schools later in 2014.

• Consultation on promoting British values in school – (closes on 18 August)
• Campaign to end early & forced marriage and female genital mutilation - Pledge your support
• Girl Summit 2014: how you can get involved and help end FGM and child & forced marriage
• One ‘Traditional British Value’ that the government MUST enforce