Prevent
Prevent is a government strategy with the aim to reduce the threat to the UK from terrorism by stopping people becoming terrorists or supporting terrorism. In the Act this has simply been expressed as the need to “prevent people from being drawn into terrorism”
The Prevent duty requires all schools to "have due regard to the need to prevent people being drawn into terrorism", under the Counter-Terrorism and Security Act 2015. The duty covers all types of extremism, whether political, religious or ideological.
Our school needs to protect pupils from the risk of radicalisation, as part of its wider safeguarding duties and duty to promote community cohesion.
To do this, the school:
- Promotes the fundamental British values in its curriculum.
- Makes sure it's a safe space for pupils to discuss sensitive topics, including terrorism and extremism.
- Makes sure it has robust safeguarding procedures to identify children at risk.
- Engages with the local authority's risk assessment to determine the potential risk of individuals being drawn into terrorism in our local area.
- Makes sure it has measures in place to protect pupils from harmful online content, including effective and appropriate filtering systems.
- Ensures staff receive training to help them identify pupils at risk, challenge extremist ideas, and how to act if they have a concern.
The Designated Safeguarding Leads (DSLs) have received Prevent awareness training. The Prevent Duty is embedded within the school's safeguarding processes: