The Prevent duty: your responsibilities

Last reviewed on 11 September 2023
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All schools must comply with the Prevent duty. Understand your responsibilities, why staff training should be tailored to your school's context and learn how Ofsted inspects the Prevent duty.

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  1. You must 'have due regard to the need to prevent people from being radialised into terrorism'
  2. Staff training
  3. Concerns about staff
  4. How Ofsted inspects the Prevent duty

You must 'have due regard to the need to prevent people from being radialised into terrorism'

This is the Prevent duty according to Home Office guidance.

Refresh your knowledge about the Prevent duty with our 1-page summary.

You must carry out the steps below, to help achieve the Prevent duty.

Teach a broad and balanced curriculum

 You're required to actively promote fundamental British values through your curriculum. These are:

  • Democracy
  • The rule of law
  • Individual liberty
  • Mutual respect and tolerance of different faiths and beliefs.

Maintained schools: You also have a duty to promote the spiritual, moral, cultural and mental (SMCM) and physical health of your pupils. This is no longer included in Prevent guidance, but it's still a requirement as set out in section 78 of the Education Act 2002 and

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