Values-based Education (VbE)
“Our world so desperately needs hope. Values-based Education is bringing this hope, by creating a transformational movement that has the potential to transform education and society, so that we can live in peace and harmony with each other; ensuring the sustainability of our planet.”
Dr Neil Hawkes, founder of VbE
The Impact of VbE
What is VbE?
VbE is governed by the The IVET Foundation, which is a registered charity. VbE is therefore a not-for-profit organisation. Values-based Education (VbE) is an approach to education for schools and other settings. At its heart, its principles are simple, yet has a profound impact on learners, schools and on the wider community.
VbE has already transformed many schools worldwide, by giving learners access to an ethical vocabulary based on human values, such as respect, justice, integrity, harmony, trust and honesty. The structures below will help you navigate to the areas that will help you to either begin the journey of being values-based or embed it still further.
We believe we are at the foothills of a new era of education, one which is more in tune with our learners, with their needs and with the needs of society for a sustainable, compassionate and peaceful future. Our governing charity, the IVET Foundation, is working to develop this new philosophical framework for education.
VbE Insights
How Does VbE Work
Here is a four-minute Doodle that brings VbE to life.
Students’ Insights
What VbE students’ understand about values
Video scripted by students of Hinkley Parks Primary
VbE in Schools
Charlotte Hickerton
Head of St Peter Gowts Primary School
David Harding
Head of Hinkley Parks Primary
Cori Bateman
Head of Chantry Academy
Why Engage with VbE?
The impact of VbE on learners and on the school
The social impact of VbE on the wider society
How to Do VbE
What VbE is and how to introduce it to schools
Embedding and deepening VbE
VbE support for mental wellness of learners and staff
Support for Schools
Training, consulting and advice
The free VbE Resources database
Support from and engage with the VbE community
Commentary on particular aspects of VbE
Newsworthy items from the VbE world
