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.

Updated
on 10 September 2024
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Contents
  1. Understand the definitions of key terms
  2. Your responsibilities under the Prevent duty
  3. Provide training for staff
  4. What to do when you have concerns about staff
  5. How Ofsted inspects the Prevent duty

Understand the definitions of key terms

They are taken from pages 156 and 157 of Keeping Children Safe in Education (KCSIE).

Extremism

Radicalisation

Terrorism

You must ‘have due regard to the need to prevent people from becoming terrorists or supporting