Safeguarding Young People

Landau Forte Charitable Trust and its academies fully encourages the use and access of the following website for parents, staff and school leaders, http://www.educateagainsthate.com/

This important site brings together the best advice, support and resources available for parents, teachers and school leaders who want to learn how to protect young people from extremism and radicalisation. This site provides helpful guidance and support to the information on this academy’s website about how tackle radicalisation and extremism and how to tackle signs of both. What is so important about this resource is that it does not just offer information for teachers and schools - but parents as well. While schools may be able to spot the signs of radicalisation, the truth is much of it takes place beyond the school gates, in families or friendship groups, in communities and increasingly online. That means parents must be equipped to help protect their children from extremism. They need to understand the threat that extremist organisations pose, how radicalisation happens, what the warning signs look like and who to turn to for support if they are ever worried. The information and advice available on Educate Against Hate will be an invaluable resource in helping them to do that and all are encouraged parents to visit the site and familiarise themselves with the information it provides.

Our academies also play a key role in spotting the signs of radicalisation - just as they do when young people experience other threats or difficulties, such as CSE [child sexual exploitation], eating disorders, mental health problems or drugs. Our academies can pick up those behavioural changes which may signal that a student is being radicalised before their peers or even their parents have spotted them. That is why it is so important that academies see protecting children from radicalisation as part of their safeguarding duties. The vast majority of staff in schools do this already and want to play their part. This website, Educate Against Hate is set to become a tool that helps schools do that.

This website provides up-to-date, practical advice that will help heads and governors understand the procedures their school should have in place to robustly tackle the threat, and will help teachers facing these issues in the classroom to understand radicalisation, its warning signs, and crucially where they can get further support.

We have well established safeguarding policies and procedures in place and we actively promote the welfare of everyone on our site. We recognise that safeguarding against radicalisation and extremism is no different from safeguarding against any other vulnerability.

All of our staff are expected to uphold and promote the fundamental principles of British values, including democracy, the rule of law, individual liberty and mutual respect, and tolerance of those with different faiths and beliefs.

Although the College is situated in Derby, we have come across an excellent document for parents and carers produced by Tower Hamlets Council.

If any parent/carer has a concern about radicalisation and extremism, the College can be contacted on 01332 204040, contact can be made with Derbyshire Constabulary by calling 101, or alternatively the national anti-terrorism hotline is available on 0800 789 321.

Our Safeguarding Policy is available for your reference below:

Further Information

Twitter Accounts

You can engage with the Derby Police and Prevent Tragedies teams via Twitter. Their accounts are:

• Derby Police Prevent Team - @DerbyPrevent
• Prevent Tragedies - @PreventUK

Families Against Stress & Trauma

The Families Matter website has lots of advice and information for parents/carers regarding helping children turn away from extremism. Click here to visit their site.

JAN Trust

JAN Trust is a multi-award winning non-profit organisation. They support and provide services to marginalised and hard to reach communities, enabling them to become an integral part of society. Click here to visit their site.

Open Your Eyes

Open Your Eyes works with young people, activists, bloggers and filmmakers to raise the voice against ISIS. Their site features videos from people telling their personal stories of how ISIS has affected their lives. Click here to visit their site.

Counter-Extremism

London Grid for Learning has worked with leading extremism experts specialising in ISIS and the far right to provide information, insights and advice to help schools navigate this difficult area. Click here to visit their site.

The DfE have recently reinforced the need to

“create and enforce a clear and rigorous expectation on all schools to promote the fundamental British values of democracy, the rule of law, individual liberty and mutual respect and tolerance of those with different faiths and beliefs.”

The government set out its definition of British Values in the 2011 Prevent Strategy, and these values have been reiterated by the Prime Minister this year. You can read our Promoting British Values statement here.

This College is a place where every person has the right to be themselves and to be included in a safe and happy environment. Everyone at our College is equal and should be treated with respect.  We fully support our LGBT community and any issues regarding bullying or homophoic language will be dealt with appropriately.

We aim to:

• Train all staff on how to tackle LGBT bullying
• Record all incidents of homophobic bullying
• Celebrate diversity
• Include LGBT issues across the curriculum
• Actively promote an inclusive environment

We are a member of the Stonewall Champion School Programme and follow their framework in order to maintain this status.  Students and families may find support and information on the following websites.

• www.stonewall.org.uk
• www.gires.org.uk
• www.mermaidsuk.org.uk
• www.derbyshirelgbt.org.uk

Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) comprises all procedures involving the partial or total removal of the external female genitalia or any other injury to the female genital organs for nonmedical reasons. FGM is considered a grave violation of the rights of girls and women.

If you have concerns about the safety or well being of a young person, please contact Derby City Council on the numbers below:

• Children's Social Care (9am - 5pm)
  01332 641172
• Careline (all other times)
  01332 786968

If there is an imminent threat of harm to others call 999.

If you would like to discuss a matter with Landau Forte College Derby, then please contact Mrs Jane Hornby via email ([email protected]) or by calling the College on 01332 204040.

Further details about how we deal with safeguarding issues, incliding FGM, is available in our Safeguarding Policy below:

Below is a link to help, advice and support for any young person who thinks they may be subject to a forced marriage. A forced marriage is defined as when one or both people do not consent to the marriage and pressure or abuse is used.

Please always dial 999 if you think you are at imminent threat of harm.

• Forced Marriage Unit