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Birmingham school instils British values through art

A Birmingham school embroiled in the "Trojan Horse" scandal has teamed up with a theatre company to produce eight performance installations based on historical events to make the teaching of British values more engaging.

Provider Stan's Cafe Theatre Company

Name St. George's Steps

Saltley Academy and Birmingham-based Stan's Cafe Theatre Company have developed an arts project that recreates some of the most significant moments in British history, including the signing of the Magna Carta and discovery of the gunpowder plot, to teach British values.

The academy, formerly known as Saltley School, wanted to make its teaching more engaging, as well as improve its cultural offer to students after it was placed in special measures last year before its academisation as part of Ofsted's "Trojan Horse" inquiry into Islamic extremist teaching in some Birmingham schools.

It, along with other schools the theatre company works with, also wanted to find creative ways of fulfilling Department for Education requirements on teaching British values.

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