Prevent Duty Statement

At South Chingford Foundation Schools), we are committed to the protection and safety of pupils, staff and visitors to the schools in accordance with DfE guidance ‘Working together to Safeguard Children’ (2023) and ‘Keeping Children Safe in Education’ (2024) An integral part of our safeguarding work relates to the government’s Prevent strategy and the duty it places on schools.

Our schools are committed to providing a secure environment where children and adults feel safe. All adults in the schools recognise that safeguarding is everyone’s responsibility, irrespective of their role and irrespective of whether or not their role would normally involve direct work with pupils. Staff will be alert to issues including:

• Disclosures by pupils of their exposure to extremist actions, views or materials outside of school whether in the home or community.
• Graffiti symbols, writing, numbers or art work promoting extremist messages or images.
• Pupils accessing extremist materials online, including through social networking sites.
• Parental reports of changes in behaviour, friendship or actions and requests for assistance.
• Use of extremist or ‘hate’ terms to exclude others or incite violence.
• Intolerance of difference, whether secular or religious, or, in line with our equalities policy, views based on, but not exclusive to gender, disability, homophobia, race, colour or culture.