Safeguarding and Prevent
15 September 2024 2026-08-11 23:35Safeguarding and Prevent
Safeguarding and Prevent
Our safeguarding approach helps students and staff recognise concerns, seek support and act early when someone may be at risk of harm or radicalisation.
A learning community where safety and welfare come first
Caspian School of Academics is committed to helping keep students, learners, staff and visitors safe. Our approach applies to the whole learning community, including students studying face-to-face or online.
Safeguarding includes recognising and responding to abuse, exploitation, neglect, online harm and other risks to a person’s safety or welfare.
It also includes our Prevent responsibilities: raising awareness of radicalisation and extremism, identifying concerns and making sure appropriate support can be considered at an early stage.
Safeguarding is everyone’s responsibility
Students and staff are encouraged to stay aware, take concerns seriously and pass them to the appropriate person.
Safeguarding
Promoting welfare, reducing risk and responding appropriately when someone may be experiencing harm, abuse or exploitation.
Prevent
Helping protect people who may be susceptible to radicalisation and ensuring that concerns can be referred for suitable support.
Early action
Sharing concerns promptly can help the School and specialist services consider the safest and most proportionate next step.
Recognising concerns and knowing where to turn
A safeguarding concern may relate to something happening in person, at home, on campus, in the community or online.
Abuse and exploitation
Concerns may involve physical, sexual, emotional, financial or discriminatory abuse, neglect or exploitation.
Online safety
Safeguarding extends to harmful content, cyberbullying, coercion, scams, grooming and other risks in digital environments.
Radicalisation
Changes in behaviour or the expression of extreme views may create concern that someone is being influenced or exploited.
Reporting concerns
Tell a member of staff or contact the Designated Safeguarding Lead. You do not need to investigate a concern yourself.
Trained staff
Safeguarding officers and trained staff follow reporting procedures and work with specialist services where appropriate.
Appropriate support
Information is handled sensitively and shared on a need-to-know basis so that suitable action can be considered.
Worried that someone close is expressing extreme views or hatred?
It can be hard to know what to do if you are concerned that someone could be at risk of harming themselves or others. ACT Early provides confidential advice and explains how Prevent works with partner organisations to protect vulnerable people from extremist exploitation.
- Take concerns seriously
- Seek guidance early
- Share information safely
Useful safeguarding and Prevent links
Use the School’s policy and trusted external guidance to understand the available routes for help and support.
CSA policy
Read the School’s full safeguarding procedures, Prevent responsibilities and reporting arrangements.
Open the policy PDF ↗ACT Early
Confidential guidance for anyone worried that someone may be vulnerable to radicalisation.
Visit ACT Early ↗Prevent guidance
Learn how Counter Terrorism Policing and partner organisations use Prevent to offer early support.
Read about Prevent ↗Contact the School
Call +44 (0) 20 3576 3423 or use the contact page for general assistance.
View contact options →Share a concern—however uncertain you may feel
Email the Designated Safeguarding Lead, Divya Rajendran, if you are worried about your own safety or welfare, or about another person. If someone is in immediate danger, contact the police or emergency services.
