1. Raising Awareness in Sheffield Schools Autumn/Winter 2015-16
PREVENT
Raising Awareness in Sheffield Schools
Autumn/Winter

2. We will cover…. A brief introduction to PREVENT Safeguarding Duties
Workshop to Raise Awareness of Prevent (WRAP)
Implementation of the duty in schools

3. Prevent A strand of Govt’s Counter-Terrorism Strategy
“To stop people becoming terrorists or supporting terrorism”
Pre-criminal / Safeguarding
Addresses all forms of terrorism
Counter-Terrorism and Security Act 2015 puts Prevent on a statutory footing for local partners: 1 July 2015

4. Counter-Terrorism and Security Act 2015
Covers: Local Authorities; Schools and childcare providers*; FE institutions; HE institutions; Health sector; Prisons and Probation; Police Forces
Have due regard to the need to prevent people from being drawn into terrorism
*Maintained schools; Non-maintained special schools; Alternative provision academies; Independent schools (including academies and free schools); Pupil Referral Units; Maintained nursery schools; Registered childcare providers (including childminders); School based childcare; Holiday schemes for disabled children.

5. Schools and Childcare - key duties
A broad and balanced curriculum
Risk assessment with local partners
Robust safeguarding policies including referral pathways and visiting speakers
Link with Local Safeguarding Children Board
Raise awareness of staff – to recognise children at risk, know how to access local support, and to challenge extremist ideas
Address online safety of pupils

6. Ofsted/DFE
Ofsted: Common Inspection Framework education, skills and early years
Para 28: make sure that safeguarding arrangements to protect children, young people and learners meet all statutory and other government requirements, promote their welfare and prevent radicalisation and extremism.
Ofsted: Inspecting safeguarding in early years, education and skills settings
Para 18: Consider evidence that…there is a clear approach to implementing the Prevent duty and keeping children and learners safe from the dangers of radicalisation and extremism
DfE: Keeping Children Safe in Education July 2015
DfE: The Prevent duty – advice for schools and childcare providers

7. Prevent Duty – the local response
Prevent is a safeguarding issue – part of our mainstream approach to safeguarding
Links to Sheffield Safeguarding Children Board / Service and the Safer and Sustainable Communities Partnership
Proportionate response to local risk – across a range of services: Youth Justice, Community Youth Teams, Schools, Safeguarding, FE and HE institutions

8. Safeguarding Issues
Don’t focus on one particular community, broad range of groups who have been involved in extreme behaviours, e.g. animal rights, nationalist organisations, far right, etc
Dangers of stereotyping a particular group of people as ‘terrorists’:
Not statistically true
Miss signs & indicators from other children & young people
Harder to work with families if feel ‘victimised’
About safeguarding children & young people in same ways as other concerns

9. Safeguarding Guidance:
Schools safeguarding policy, Sept (available from Safeguarding Sheffield Children website, schools section, policies & procedures)
Referral process, currently via:
Safeguarding Children Advisory Service,
tel , Mon-Fri, 9 am – 5 pm,

10. WRAP Workshop
Home Office recommended training for frontline public sector staff
2 groups – 1 ¼ hours

11. Implementing Prevent – Ofsted emerging good practice
Leadership and governance – by Heads and Senior Leadership Teams
Training and briefing – covering all school staff
Policies and practices – within mainstream and specific policies
Curriculum formal / informal – to meet local circumstances – debate should not be shut down
Referral pathways –internal and external - all staff aware

12. To take away…
How will you start to implement the PREVENT duty in your school including:
Ensuring a broad and balanced curriculum?
Developing relevant policies or procedures?
Raising awareness with staff, governors, pupils, parents and the wider community?
Identifying and responding to risks?
What help might you need and where might you get it from?
What resources might you need?

13. ICT systems – key points
School network systems are the responsibility of the school, either supported in-house or by external support provider. The LA can advise on filtering and information security in the context of Prevent
Most schools take Internet access via the LA Broadband network – includes a Regional filtering platform, provided by Yorkshire & Humber Grid for Learning (YHGfL)
Filtering platform can address key risks, including proxy bypass and encrypted sites
Systems are only part of the solution, vigilance is needed around IT use including pupils’ own devices etc. as technology and pupils use of it changes quickly
More information from YHGfL ( or via LA e-safety lead

14. Reporting concerns
Discuss your concerns through your internal safeguarding processes, with a colleague or manager
If you still have PREVENT concerns and wish to discuss further or escalate, contact:
Safeguarding Children Advisory Service
Or the SYP Prevent team (Jo Batty / Brendan Pakenham) via 101 or your local Police contact

15. Sources of further help and resources
Advice on the Safeguarding Sheffield Children Website:
Local E-safety guidance – training and curriculum.
National resources via DfE
New Govt website with useful links to a range of resources (curriculum, policy, etc).
is a growing library of resources for schools on the issue

16. End
Evaluation forms
Slides available on the Learn Sheffield website