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dangers of radicalisation and extremism; and
• Liaise with those responsible for the school’s electronic systems seriously to limit through
appropriate filtering mechanisms the scope for access through these systems to any website or Internet source deemed problematic from a Prevent perspective.
Teaching students how to Keep Safe
(Educating students about safeguarding and radicalisation including the delivery of the Prevent strategy): Our school ensures that students develop a clear understanding both of safeguarding issues and what they may do to play their part in ensuring their welfare and safety and in building resilience against the dangers of radicalisation: Our programme for PSHEE supports this process as part of a broad and balanced curriculum. Within our PSHEE curriculum, we have a programme for Relationship and Sex Education (RSE) which includes issues such as:
• “sexting”,“banter”,sexualassaultbetweenyoungpeopleandgenderbasedissues
• healthyandrespectfulrelationships; • whatrespectfulbehaviourlookslike; • genderroles,stereotyping,equality; • body confidence and self-esteem;
• prejudiced behaviour;
• thatsexualviolenceandsexualharassmentisalwayswrong;andaddressingculturesofsexualharassment.
We ensure that our students are aware of the dangers of these safeguarding issues and promote positive relationships based on mutual respect.
Through our School values, we encourage students to respect others, in particular within this topic. Age appropriate anti-bullying assemblies are held in school and include the risks of cyber bullying and on-line safety and peer on peer abuse, including how victims will be supported. Additionally, whenever appropriate subjects in the curriculum and co-curriculum activities will be used to reinforce the messages given.
Spiritual Moral, Social and Cultural (SMSC) development
We instill within students’ values that build resilience and prevent students being drawn into radicalisation and extremism. We explore what extremism might look like and how this poses a threat to peace and we build resilience to radicalism by providing a safe environment for debating controversial issues. We actively promote British Values within our SMSC, and create an environment in which students know they are listened to and valued. We educate our students to reject violence and cruelty in whatever forms they take on, whether it be from animal rights activists, Al Qaeda influenced groups, racist and fascist organisations, or any other extremist group.