Safeguarding is everyone’s responsibility
The Prevent Strategy
In July 2015, all schools and childcare providers, became bound by duty under section 26 of the Counter-Terrorism and Security Act to protect children and young adults from harm through radicalisation
What is The Prevent Strategy?
The Prevent Strategy is supported by three key objectives:
Prevent operates in a pre-criminal space, providing support and re-direction to vulnerable individuals at risk of being groomed into terrorist activities before any crimes are committed. Radicalisation could be comparable to other forms of harm and abuse. It is therefore considered a safeguarding issue and thought of alongside the wider safeguarding agenda.
What does this look like at St. Paul’s?
Many of the things we already do at our school support our children to become positive, happy members of society. Our curriculum and a variety of school activities also contribute to the Prevent strategy.
At St. Paul’s C of E Primary School we:
We will also protect young people from the risk of radicalisation, for example by using filters on the internet to make sure they can’t access extremist and terrorist material, or by vetting who comes into school to work with pupils.
