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<p>All schools and colleges, including independent schools, are subject to the Prevent
Duty, which requires them to protect people from the harm of radicalisation and from
being drawn into terrorism.</p><p>They are also required to actively promote the values
that underpin and unite our society – democracy, rule of law, individual liberty and
mutual respect and tolerance of those with different faiths and beliefs. The department
has worked closely with Ofsted to strengthen Ofsted’s inspection frameworks, so that
inspectors are required to assess how well schools and colleges are meeting these
requirements.</p><p>We work closely with the sector to support it in implementing
these requirements and to ensure our children and young people are resilient to extremist
ideology and prepared for life in modern Britain. We fund, with the Home Office, networks
of experts who provide frontline support to educational institutions, and we provide
a range of free resources for practitioners on our Educate Against Hate and Education
and Training Foundation websites for schools and colleges.</p><p>The department is
also taking forward a package of activity aimed at enhancing the safeguarding of children
in out-of-school settings, where we know some children have their mainstream education
supplemented through the provision of after school clubs or activities, which can
include religious settings offering tuition in their own faith.</p><p>This includes
the provision of £3 million to boost local capacity to identify and intervene in out-of-school
settings of concern, and inform best practice on how existing legal powers – held
across local authorities and relevant agencies – can best be used to address safeguarding
and welfare concerns in these settings. This work started last summer and is due to
conclude in March 2020.</p><p>Alongside this, we have been developing a voluntary
code of practice for out-of-school setting providers and guidance for parents. These
will support providers to understand what is needed to run a safe setting. This will
help parents and carers make informed choices when considering out-of-school settings
for their children, as well as understand the steps they can take where they have
concerns. The department consulted on these documents in late February 2019 and will
respond to the consultation in due course. The consultation can be found here: <a
href="https://consult.education.gov.uk/regulatory-framework-unit/out-of-school-settings-voluntary-safeguarding-code/"
target="_blank">https://consult.education.gov.uk/regulatory-framework-unit/out-of-school-settings-voluntary-safeguarding-code/</a>.</p><p>
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