The Prevent Duty in the Secondary Classroom

What the course covers

It also helps you run discussion of contested and sensitive issues in lessons fairly and safely, without shutting it down.

The course is made up of these lessons:

• The Prevent Duty in an Independent School
• Extremism, Radicalisation and Terrorism: Using the Right Words
• Noticing Concerns Without Stereotyping
• Online Radicalisation
• Incel Content, Misogyny and Fascination With Violence
• Conspiracy Theories and Mixed or Unclear Ideologies
• What to Do: Notice, Check, Share
• After a Referral: Assessment, Channel and Consent
• Teaching Contested Topics: Safe, Balanced and Impartial
• Bringing It Together

What your team takes away

• Understand statutory Prevent Duty requirements and local threat landscapes within secondary settings.
• Identify behavioral and online indicators that a secondary pupil may be susceptible to radicalisation.
• Facilitate safe, impartial classroom discussions on sensitive political and ideological themes.
• Build pupil resilience through critical thinking, digital evaluation, and British values.
• Follow correct internal reporting procedures, low-level concern protocols, and Channel referrals.

How it runs

The course opens in a browser on a phone, a tablet or a desktop, with nothing to install. Progress is saved as it goes, so someone can stop and pick it back up. The assessment sits at the end, and passing it issues a certificate with its own reference number that an inspector or an auditor can check.

Who it is for

Secondary subject teachers, heads of department, form tutors, pastoral leaders, Designated Safeguarding Leads (DSLs), and support staff in independent secondary schools.

Schools Safeguarding