The Optimus blog

The blog that inspires leaders in the UK education sector

The Optimus blog

The blog that inspires leaders in the UK education sector

Safeguarding

Elizabeth Holmes

The Prevent duty – guidance and training for schools

What can schools do to help keep children and young people safe from radicalisation and extremism? Elizabeth Holmes provides a summary of essential guidance, documents and training resources. Keeping children safe from radicalisation and extremism is now a top priority with important...
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Suruthi Bala

Radicalisation: thinking beyond Prevent

Suruthi Bala considers the new legal duties on schools in line with the Prevent duty and examines the errors of ‘BRIT’ – a hidden counter-terrorism project used in primary schools. There is no denying that the exploitation and radicalisation of children and young people is a real and significant...
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Lizzie Gait

Prevent: understanding your duty

Providing staff training in line with the Prevent duty requirements is at the top of the agenda for many schools. Here are some key resources to help you remain compliant. Tackling extremism and radicalisation in schools is a huge and, importantly, unfamiliar challenge for schools. It’s been...
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Suruthi Bala

Extremism and radicalisation: legislation and guidance for schools

Education lawyer, Dai Durbridge, explains what schools need to know about radicalisation and stresses the importance of teacher training and multi-agency support. What issues are schools facing with regard to extremism and radicalisation? Dai Durbridge, partner and education lawyer at Browne...
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Sarah Gaffney

Child Protection in Education

On the 14th of October, me and other members of the Optimus team travelled up to Manchester for the Child Protection in Education conference. Wet, chilly and a bit bleary-eyed from the early morning, we headed to the beautiful Lowry hotel to set up the event, ready to welcome the delegates and...
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