What is school Radicalisation?

Table of Contents:

1. What is school Radicalisation?
2. What is the name of the Programme designed to avoid Radicalisation in schools?
3. What is the Prevent strategy in schools?
4. What should you do if you are aware that a child has gone missing from education?
5. What are the four strands of the contest strategy?

What is school Radicalisation?

Radicalisation refers to the process by which a person comes to support terrorism and extremist ideologies associated with terrorist groups. Keeping Children Safe in Education, 2020. The Government strategy to combat terrorism is known as CONTEST.

What is the name of the Programme designed to avoid Radicalisation in schools?

What is Channel? Channel is a multi-agency programme designed to provide early intervention for children (and adults) most at risk of being drawn into terrorism.

What is the Prevent strategy in schools?

What is the Prevent strategy? Prevent is a government strategy designed to stop people becoming terrorists or supporting terrorist or extremist causes. The Prevent strategy covers all types of terrorism and extremism, including the extreme right wing, violent Islamist groups and other causes.

What should you do if you are aware that a child has gone missing from education?

The Pupil Tracking Officer (or CME Officer) should ensure through the Education Welfare Officer that reasonable enquiries are made - e.g. home visits, liaison with Children's Social Care and/or Housing - and notify the school if it appears that the child has moved out of the area.

What are the four strands of the contest strategy?

27 This updated and strengthened version of CONTEST continues with the tried and tested strategic framework of four work strands: Prevent, Pursue, Protect and Prepare.