Prevent guidance and support

All designated safeguarding leads (DSLs) should be familiar with the following documents which set out a setting’s Prevent responsibilities:

• Keeping Children Safe in Education - Specific Prevent guidance can be found under 'Preventing radicalisation' on pages 149 to 152
• Prevent duty guidance: England and Wales (2023)

For Prevent duty guidance and support use the following online guidance and downloads:

• The Prevent duty: safeguarding learners vulnerable to radicalisation
• The use of social media for online radicalisation
• Prevent duty risk assessment templates
• Prevent radicalisation and extremism by acting early
• School/setting Prevent risk assessment template (Word, 60KB)
• Action Counters Terrorism (ACT)
• Child Net’s Trust Me
• Counter Terrorism Policing website
• Counter Extremism - Preventing radicalisation in schools
• educate. against. hate
• Education and Training Foundation - Help and support
• Going Too Far? - The law and online extremism
• Terrorist attacks: discussing them with secondary pupils

For telephone support use the following numbers:

• National Police Prevent advice line on 0800 011 3764
• DfE counter-extremism helpline on 0207 340 7264 (Monday to Friday, 9am to 5pm)

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