As with managing other safeguarding risks, staff should be alert to changes in children’s behaviours which could indicate that they may be in need of help or protection. Staff should use their professional judgement in identifying children who might be at risk of radicalisation and act proportionately which may include making a referral to the Channel programme. The Government Prevent Strategy, inclusive is the approach to reducing the risk of terrorism, this is called ‘CONTEST’ and has four parts: Protect; to strengthen protection against a terrorist attack Prepare; to mitigate the impact of a attack Pursue; to stop terrorist attacks Prevent; to stop people becoming terrorists or supporting terrorism Definition of Extremism Extremism is vocal or active opposition to fundamental British values, including democracy, the rule of law, individual liberty and mutual respect and tolerance of different faiths and beliefs. Calls for the death of members of the British armed forces is also included in this definition. From July 1 2015, specified authorities, including all schools are subject to a duty under section 26 of the Counter-Terrorism and Security Act 2015, in the exercise of their functions, to have “due regard” to the need to prevent people from being drawn into terrorism. This duty is known as the prevent duty. It applied to a wide range of public-facing bodies. Bodies to which the duty applies MUST HAVE REGARD TO STATUTORY GUIDANCE ISSUES UNDER SECTION 29 OF THE CTSA 2015 (the prevent guidance) Paragraphs 57-76 of the Prevent guidance are concerned specifically with schools. Extremism takes many forms and all ideologies are included in this area of safeguarding: Islamic extremism Left wing extremism Right wing extremism Animal rights extremism The statutory Prevent guidance summarises the requirements on schools in terms of four general themes: risk assessment, working in partnership, staff training and IT (Online Safety) policies. Acorn schools are expected to assess the risk of children being drawn into terrorism, including support for extremist ideas that are part of terrorist ideology. This means being able to demonstrate both a general understanding of the risks affecting children and young people in the area and a specific understanding of how to identify individual children who may be at risk
As with managing other safeguarding risks, staff should be alert to changes in children’s behaviours which could indicate that they may be in need of help or protection. Staff should use their professional judgement in identifying children who might be at risk of radicalisation and act proportionately which may include making a referral to the Channel programme. The Government Prevent Strategy, inclusive is the approach to reducing the risk of terrorism, this is called ‘CONTEST’ and has four parts: Protect; to strengthen protection against a terrorist attack Prepare; to mitigate the impact of a attack Pursue; to stop terrorist attacks Prevent; to stop people becoming terrorists or supporting terrorism Definition of Extremism Extremism is vocal or active opposition to fundamental British values, including democracy, the rule of law, individual liberty and mutual respect and tolerance of different faiths and beliefs. Calls for the death of members of the British armed forces is also included in this definition. From July 1 2015, specified authorities, including all schools are subject to a duty under section 26 of the Counter-Terrorism and Security Act 2015, in the exercise of their functions, to have “due regard” to the need to prevent people from being drawn into terrorism. This duty is known as the prevent duty. It applied to a wide range of public-facing bodies. Bodies to which the duty applies MUST HAVE REGARD TO STATUTORY GUIDANCE ISSUES UNDER SECTION 29 OF THE CTSA 2015 (the prevent guidance) Paragraphs 57-76 of the Prevent guidance are concerned specifically with schools. Extremism takes many forms and all ideologies are included in this area of safeguarding: Islamic extremism Left wing extremism Right wing extremism Animal rights extremism The statutory Prevent guidance summarises the requirements on schools in terms of four general themes: risk assessment, working in partnership, staff training and IT (Online Safety) policies. Acorn schools are expected to assess the risk of children being drawn into terrorism, including support for extremist ideas that are part of terrorist ideology. This means being able to demonstrate both a general understanding of the risks affecting children and young people in the area and a specific understanding of how to identify individual children who may be at risk