What you need to: Relevant Safeguarding Policies, which include visiting speaker protocols, should be updated with the relevant changes and we have some suggested text and wording along with good examples which are already in use. There is no requirement to have an additional policy to cover Prevent. It should fit in with your existing Safeguarding Policy and reference should be made to what it is, how you will protect children from messages of violent extremism and what action you will take if you have concerns that a child or young person is vulnerable to radicalisation or violent extremism (including, but not restricted to, those linked to Islamist ideology, or to Far Right / Neo Nazi / White Supremacist ideology, Irish Nationalist and Loyalist paramilitary groups, and extremist Animal Rights movements). PREVENT does not aim to criminalise people for holding views; instead, it seeks to stop individuals from going to the extreme of committing or encouraging violent activity. We have produced a clear Prevent Information Leaflet on czone: Prevent - working in partnership under one strategy Sections of this can be used and incorporated into policies and the leaflet itself can be downloaded and printed if required These policy/statement examples cover all the new duties and capture the new requirements very well. Gidea Park College Parkfield School Bournemouth What is Channel? ‘Channel’ is the name for the (national) process of identifying and referring a person for early intervention and support – the word refers to channelling a person through the process Channel is a multi-agency approach to protecting people at risk from radicalisation. The Channel process uses existing collaboration between local authorities, statutory partners (such as education and health organisations, social services, children’s and youth services and offender management services), the police and the local community to: • Identify people at risk of being drawn into terrorism;
The school is not linked in with statutory partners and/or does not feel comfortable sharing extremism related concerns externally The school communicates regularly with statutory partners regarding a range of concerns Key staff understands what is meant by the terms radicalisation and extremism and are comfortable sharing concerns about radicalisation and extremism. Curriculum and learning Learners are exposed by school staff or contracted providers to messaging supportive of terrorism or which contradicts ‘British Values’ Appropriate whistleblowing and safeguarding policies for assessing concerns raised by staff or learners are in place. Opportunities to promote British values are clearly identified within all curriculum areas The School has clear and visible policies and procedures for managing and complaints Behaviours which harm the ability of different groups and individuals to learn and work together are left unchallenged The school’s values, and communication of these within the premises and through the curriculum School staff have a duty in helping pupils from being drawn into terrorism and will promote a culture of democracy, mutual respect and tolerance, individual liberty and awareness of rule of law. Further information: School’s Equality, Diversity and Inclusion
Policy. Organisational culture Staff or contracted providers are not aware of /do not subscribe to the values of the school Recruitment and induction programmes and ongoing staff development Staff and providers are aware of the PREVENT duty and the is not inadvertently funding extremist organisations Staff are unable to raise extremism related organisational concerns due to the lack of an appropriate whistleblowing mechanism Appropriate whistleblowing policy and awareness raising training provided to all staff The School has clear and visible policies and procedures for managing and complaints Management of space Learners/staff are exposed by visiting speakers to messaging supportive of terrorism- or which contradicts ‘British Values’ of individual liberty and mutual respect and tolerance for those of different faiths and beliefs Speakers are signed in and collected by a member of staff and are not left alone with learners That no events, talks or relationship with external bodies promote violent extremism .Are there concerns that certain visiting speakers could fall outside your organisations code of values, or breach UK law, the Human Rights Act 1998 and the Equality Act 2010?