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assessment will be carried out to determine the appropriate course of action, e.g. allowing appropriately supervised access for a specified period or postponing the starting date.
Safeguarding arrangements for staff employed by another organisation
The school will ensure that formal procedures are followed to satisfy itself that appropriate student protections, including Disclosure Barring Service (DBS) checks, and procedures apply to any staff employed by another organisation and working with the school’s students on another site (for example, on a school trip, while in a separate institution or activity centre). (See policy on Educational Visits.) Wherever possible TASIS will obtain DBS checks on all contractor staff and ensure that they also receive safeguarding training from the DSL.
Visitors and visiting speakers
Appropriate safeguarding and prevent duty checks upon visiting speakers and other visitors will be made and recorded. All visitors and visiting speakers will be required to undergo an identity check on arrival and wear a visitor’s badge. They will not be allowed unsupervised access to students. The school keeps a visitors’ book at the Security Lodge. All visitors must sign in on arrival and sign out on departure and are escorted whilst on school premises by a member of staff or appropriately vetted volunteer. Additionally, a risk assessment will be carried out. Unidentified visitors will be challenged by staff or reported to the Head of School or School Business Office.
The Prevent statutory guidance We have clear protocols for ensuring that any visiting speakers, who might fall within the scope of the Prevent duty, whether invited by staff or by the students themselves, are suitable and appropriately supervised; this will always include a barred list check and Internet search. At TASIS, speakers are never left alone with students.
Preventing Extremism And Radicalisation:
(Also please refer to our Preventing Extremism and Radicalisation policy and also Appendix 1 of this policy). TASIS will also ensure that we can ‘demonstrate activity’, as required by the statutory guidance, in the following key areas: risk assessment of students being drawn into terrorism, including support for extremist ideas that are part of terrorist ideology, working in partnership, staff training and IT policies. This is wholly in keeping with our school ethos and approach to promote a broad, tolerant and open- minded understanding of the world around us, from EYFS onwards including an appreciation of the democratic process and precluding the promotion of partisan political views in the classroom, in extra and co-curricular activities, or in any other aspect of the school’s activities. The school is able to demonstrate a general understanding of the risks affecting students and young people in the area.
Protecting students from the risk of radicalisation is seen as part of TASIS England’s wider safeguarding duties, and is similar in nature to protecting students from other harms (e.g. drugs, gangs, neglect, sexual exploitation), whether these come from within their family or are the product of outside influences. We understand that during the process of radicalisation, it is possible to intervene to prevent vulnerable people being radicalised. We consider the level of risk of students identified as being at ‘risk of radicalisation’ and make an appropriate referral, which can include Channel or Children’s Services. Our Prevent strategy demonstrates a specific understanding of the risks affecting children and young people and identifying students who may be at risk of radicalisation, including support we can give.
Prevent duty
The DSL receives appropriate training, in accordance with Annex B of KCSIE at least every two years in order to:
• Provide advice and support to members of staff on protecting students from radicalisation;
• Equip staff through Prevent, Channel and other appropriate training to identify and assess students at risk of being drawn into terrorism and to challenge extremistideas;
• Liaise with those responsible for Personal, Social, Health and Economic Education (PSHEE), Spiritual, Moral, Social and Cultural (SMSC) assembly and other appropriate curricular programmes actively to promote British values and to teach students about the