Prevent

As part of St Andrew's CofE Junior School's ongoing safeguarding and child protection duties we fully support the government's Prevent Strategy.

From 1 July 2015 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 for Schools.

At St Andrew's, we build pupils’ resilience to radicalisation by promoting fundamental British values and enabling our pupils to challenge extremist views. 

The statutory guidance refers to the importance of Prevent awareness training to equip staff to identify children at risk of being drawn into terrorism and to challenge extremist ideas. All staff have had Prevent training and we will continue to keep abreast of all developments.

Please click here for a link to the Prevent Duty for Schools.

Please click here for a link to the official Prevent Strategy document.