Dear Colleague, 

Are you confident that your school has the necessary policies and practices in place to comply with the Prevent duty? We're thrilled to have worked with DfE in developing their new Prevent Self-Assessment Tool for Schools to help evaluate your:

• Leadership & Management
• Risk Assessment
• Working in Partnership
• Training
• Online Safety
• Safeguarding School Premises
• Building Children’s Resilience to Radicalisation

The toolkit includes a how-to guide including a supporting spreadsheet to help encourage a cycle of continuous review and improvement - find top tips on how to use it in our blog: Ofsted and Prevent – find out how the new Self-Assessment Tool for schools can help you towards compliance

The DfE Prevent team are hosting 4 free webinars to help schools use the tool effectively:

• Wednesday 23^rd November 2022 10.45am to 11.30am - How to Use the Schools Prevent Self-Assessment Toolkit Tickets, Wed 23 Nov 2022 at 10:45 | Eventbrite
• Wednesday 7^th December 2022 10.45am to 11.30am - A webinar to support schools to use the Prevent Self-Assessment Toolkit Tickets, Wed 7 Dec 2022 at 10:45 | Eventbrite
• Wednesday 18^th January 2023 10.45am to 11.30am - A webinar to support schools to use the Prevent Self-Assessment Toolkit Tickets, Wed 18 Jan 2023 at 10:45 | Eventbrite
• Tuesday 28^th February 2023 10.45am to 11.30am - A webinar to support schools to use the Prevent Self-Assessment Toolkit Tickets, Tue 28 Feb 2023 at 10:45 | Eventbrite

Also new to Prevent for DSLs and curriculum leads:

• Prevent DSL Handbook for schools and colleges with non-statutory guidance to help DSLs  safeguard learners vulnerable to radicalisation
  
• ActEarly Stories - curriculum activities and resources created by LGfL in collaboration with Counter Terrorism Policing to raise awareness of extremism and online exploitation - see our last newsletter for details

Find more resources and ideas to support your whole school approach in our Prevent portal - Prevent resources and signposting

For free training and CPD, why not sign up for our Prevent Safeguarding Training (from LGfL)

Don't forget there's lots happening at LGfL for other areas of the school beyond safeguarding:

• Other training from LGfL teams
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Keep up the great work!

Mark and Mubina

Your LGfL DigiSafe Team

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