The Prevent duty: your responsibilities

All schools must comply with the Prevent duty. Understand your responsibilities and why staff training should be tailored to your school's context. Plus, learn how Ofsted inspects the Prevent duty.

Last reviewed on 4 January 2024
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Contents
  1. You must 'have due regard to the need to prevent people from being radicalised into terrorism'
  2. Staff training
  3. Concerns about staff
  4. How Ofsted inspects the Prevent duty

You must 'have due regard to the need to prevent people from being radicalised into terrorism'

This is the Prevent duty according to Home Office guidance, and is a requirement under the Counter-Terrorism and Security Act 2015.

Refresh your knowledge about the Prevent duty with our 1-page summary.

You must carry out the steps below, to help achieve the Prevent duty.

Teach a broad and balanced curriculum

You're required to actively promote fundamental British values through your curriculum. These are:

  • Democracy
  • The rule of law
  • Individual liberty
  • Mutual respect and tolerance of those with different faiths and beliefs

Maintained schools: you also have a duty to promote the spiritual, moral, cultural and mental (SMCM) and physical health of your pupils. This is no longer included in the Prevent guidance,