Prevent guidance and support

All designated safeguarding leads (DSLs) should be familiar with the following statutory guidance and resources:

• Prevent duty guidance: England and Wales (2023)
• The Prevent duty: safeguarding learners vulnerable to radicalisation
• The Prevent duty: and introduction for those with safeguarding responsibilities
• Understanding and identifying radicalisation in your education setting
• Managing risk of radicalisation in your education setting
• Case studies (gov.uk)
• Prevent duty risk assessment templates
• Keeping children safe in Education

Further useful guidance and resources for DSLs:

• Educate against hate - Prevent radicalisation and extremism
• ACT (Action Counters Terrorism) early - Prevent radicalisation
• Report possible terrorist or extremist activity - Action counters terrorism
• Counter terrorism policing - policing website
• Counter-extremism: preventing radicalisation in schools - LGFL( London Grid for Learning)
• Going too far? The law and online extremism - LGFL
• Terrorist attacks: discussing them with secondary school pupils - PSHE Association

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