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General Principal
The aim of the Prevent Policy is to create and maintain a safe, healthy, and supportive learning and working environment for our students, staff, and visitors alike. We recognise that extremism and exposure to extremist materials and influences can lead to poor outcomes for students. We further recognise that if we fail to challenge extremist views we are failing to protect our students from potential harm. Preventing violent and non-violent extremism and radicalisation.
Paul Morton , Head Of Curriculum, Pinehirst Education
Who does this policy apply to.
The Prevent Policy applies to everyone working at or attending Pinehirst Education. It confers responsibilities on all Board members, staff, students, agency staff and volunteers, contractors, visitors, consultants, and those working under self-employed arrangements.
Policy Statement
The aim of the Prevent Policy is to create and maintain a safe, healthy, and supportive learning and working environment for our students, staff, and visitors alike. We recognise that extremism and exposure to extremist materials and influences can lead to poor outcomes for students. We further recognise that if we fail to challenge extremist views we are failing to protect our students from potential harm. As such the Prevent agenda, will be addressed as a safeguarding concern.
Pinehirst Education has adopted the Prevent Duty in accordance with legislative requirements.
However, we will endeavour to incorporate the relevant duties so as not to:
Why do we need this policy?
Prevent is one of 4 strands of the Government’s counter terrorism strategy – CONTEST. The UK currently faces a range of terrorist threats. Terrorist groups who pose a threat to the UK seek to radicalise and recruit people to their cause. Therefore early intervention is at the heart of Prevent which aims to divert people away from being drawn into terrorist activity.
The purpose of this policy is to:
Prevent happens before any criminal activity takes place by recognising, supporting, and protecting people who might be susceptible to radicalisation. The national Prevent Duty confers mandatory duties and responsibilities on a range of public organisations, including Pinehirst Educations, and seeks to:
Definitions
The following are commonly agreed definitions within the Prevent agenda:
British Values are detailed within the Prevent Duty and include democracy, the rule of law, Individual and mutual respect and tolerance of different faiths and beliefs.
Leadership and Values
To create and maintain a Pinehirst Education ethos that upholds core values of shared responsibility and wellbeing for all students, staff and visitors whilst promoting respect, equality and diversity and understanding.
This will be achieved through:
Teaching and Learning
To provide a curriculum that promotes British Values, knowledge, skills and understanding, to build the resilience of students by undermining extremist ideology and supporting the learner voice.
This will be achieved through:
This will be achieved through: Strong, effective, and responsive student support services.
Roles and responsibilities
Whilst this is a standalone policy, it is integral to our Safeguarding Policy and should be applied as an extension to Pinehirst Education’s current and established safeguarding procedures.
The Board
All Board Members have a legal responsibility under the Prevent Duty to make sure they have undertaken training in the Prevent Duty. Additionally, the Board must ensure that:
Prevent Lead for Pinehirst Education
The Director of Curriculum is the Prevent Lead and Designated Safeguarding Lead, with responsibility for ensuring that our Prevent Strategy is implemented across Pinehirst Education and that any concerns are shared with the relevant organisations, in order to minimise the risk of our students becoming involved with terrorism. Contact: P.morton@Pinehirst Education.net
Safeguarding and Prevent Board
The Safeguarding and Prevent Board meet termly, and any concerns raised under the Prevent agenda or changes to the Duty that affect Pinehirst Education are discussed within this Board.
All Staff
All staff at Pinehirst Education have a responsibility to:
Including British Values, to create an environment of respect, equality and diversity and inclusion; attend Prevent training in order to have the skills to recognise those who may be vulnerable to radicalisation, involved in violent or non-violent extremism, and to know the appropriate action to take if they have concerns;
Managing Risks and Responding to Events
Pinehirst Education will ensure that it monitors risks and is ready to deal appropriately with issues which arise through the following:
This policy should be used in conjunction with the following policies and procedures:
Who needs to understand this policy and how will they know about it? Prevent training for all Pinehirst Education staff, students and governors is mandatory and will be delivered by the following methods:
Prevent awareness included in student induction sessions and in the Student Handbook. Information about Prevent delivered through mandatory tutorials and resources, and via attendance at and participation in Prevent and British Values related student activities.
In addition:
Our commitment to meeting the Prevent Duty can be summarised as follows:
P – Promotion of Equality and Diversity and positive relationships between staff and students
R – Referral of any concerns via Safeguarding staff to relevant authorities
E – Embedding British Values and education for students on all courses.
V – Vetting guest speakers and removal of any posters or other materials of an extremist nature
E – Environment – a safe and secure site with CCTV, sufficient security procedures and online filters
N – News monitoring for any concerns in the locality
T – Training of staff to raise awareness of the signs and risk.
All Pinehirst Education Policies are subject to screening for Equality Impact Assessment
Equality Impact Assessments are carried out to see whether the policy has, or is likely to have, a negative impact on grounds of age, disability, gender reassignment, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, marriage or civil partnership, sex, or sexual orientation.
Pinehirst Education not only fulfils its legal position in relation to current and future equality legislation, but additionally goes beyond compliance in providing and promoting “Opportunities to succeed”, free from any aspect of discrimination, harassment, or victimisation.
All staff have a duty of care to look after the interests of and support their colleagues. This policy takes account of our commitment to eliminating discrimination, identifying, and removing barriers and providing equal opportunities for our learners, staff, and visitors to ensure that no one feels excluded or disadvantaged.
Safeguarding, Child Protection, Prevent and Missing from Education
All staff have a responsibility to support and promote Pinehirst Education’s commitment to providing a safe environment for students, staff, and visitors. Additionally, all staff have a responsibility to report any safeguarding or Prevent issues to the Designated Senior Lead for Safeguarding and
Prevent The Director Of Curriculum.
Document Version: 1 (June 2023) ( REVIEW DATE June 2024)
Safeguarding Policy and Process
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Quality Assurance
This Policy and Procedure maps to the following external quality assurance frameworks
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