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How regional Prevent education co-ordinators can help providers

The Department for Education (DfE) regional Prevent co-ordinators support and improve Prevent delivery in each region of England. Their role includes implementing Prevent duty responsibilities across schools, further education (FE) and higher education (HE) settings, as well as any other Department for Education interests in the region.

RPECs responsibilities include:听

• helping education providers improve their Prevent delivery, including where monitoring bodies have identified concerns听

• supporting education providers with complex radicalisation or terrorism cases involving children, staff, young people or learners听

• engaging with education providers and police following incidents or terrorism-related incidents听

• virtual training and good practice webinars for education providers听

• risk-based training with a regional focus听

• providing regional 听听

• co-ordinating activity across regional partners, including the police and local authorities, on the delivery of Prevent within their region听

Prevent regions

DfE regional Prevent education co-ordinators (RPECs) support and improve Prevent delivery in each region of England. These regions are:听

• North-West (including Greater Manchester, Cheshire, Cumbria, Isle of Man, Lancashire, Merseyside)听
• North-East (including West Yorkshire, Cleveland, Durham, Humberside, Northumbria, North Yorkshire, South Yorkshire)听
• West Midlands (including West Midlands, Staffordshire, Warwickshire, West Mercia)听
• East Midlands (including Derbyshire, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, Northamptonshire, Nottinghamshire)听
• South-East (including Thames Valley, Hampshire, Kent, Surrey, Sussex)听
• South-West (including Avon and Somerset, Devon & Cornwall, Dorset, Gloucestershire, Wiltshire)听
• East-of-England (including Bedfordshire, Essex, Hertfordshire, Norfolk, Cambridgeshire, Suffolk)听
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Virtual training sessions听听

罢丑别听RPECs听offer large, virtual training sessions that are available to anyone working within an education setting in England. They focus on the implementation of Prevent and are designed primarily for those in dedicated safeguarding or Prevent roles.听

Prevent in education: training for designated safeguarding leads (DSLs)

This training package has been designed by DfE for designated safeguarding leads to understand their responsibilities and the importance of the Prevent duty.

Session date 2024 to 2025	Register on eventbrite
Thursday 3 July 2025: 3:30pm to 4:45pm
Monday 22 September 2025: 3:30pm to 4:45pm
Monday 1 December 2025: 3:30pm to 4:45pm
Tuesday 10 February 2026: 3:30pm to 4:45pm
Wednesday 22 April 2026: 3:30pm to 4:45pm
Tuesday 23 June 2026: 3:30pm to 4:45pm

Prevent in education: training for governors and trustees in schools

This training package has been designed by DfE for school governors to understand their responsibilities and the importance of the Prevent duty.

Session date 2024 to 2025	Register on eventbrite
Thursday 3 July 2025: 5pm to 6:15pm
Monday 29 September 2025: 5pm to 6:15pm
Wednesday 3 December 2025: 5pm to 6:15pm
Wednesday 11 February 2026: 5pm to 6:15pm
Tuesday 21 April 2026: 5pm to 6:15pm
Thursday 25 June 2026: 5pm to 6:15pm

Regional newsletters and communications听

RPECs regularly share . Newsletters include information on:听

• regional trends and risk updates听

• new training, guidance and resources听

• updates or changes to the implementation of Prevent听

• relevant news, blogs or other content听

Further support with the implementation of Prevent in education听

Additional support and advice to help implement your Prevent responsibilities includes:听听

• from the Home Office听

• safeguarding learners susceptible to radicalisation guidance听

• the Department for Education鈥檚 听听

• Training and support materials for implementing Prevent in higher education (HE)听

Contacting your co-ordinator

听 to:听

• learn more about training available in your region听
• sign-up to regional newsletters听
• ask for help with a complex radicalisation case听
• get help with finding a Prevent advocate to speak in a higher education setting
• learn more about understanding the local risk in your area听听
• find out if a regional good practice forum is available in your area听

Reporting concerns听听

Concerns about individuals

If you have concerns that an individual is susceptible to being drawn into terrorism and would like advice and support, follow the guidance on鈥�making a Prevent referral.听

Tell the police immediately, by calling 999, if you think a child, young person or adult learner:听

• is about to put themselves or others in immediate danger听
• appears to be involved in planning to carry out a criminal offence听

Concerns about educational providers

If you have a concern about extremism within an education provider, including allegations against staff or adverse external influences on a provider, use the鈥�.听

If you are a鈥�HE鈥痯rovider and have experienced a 鈥楶revent-related鈥� incident, you may need to report it to the Office for Students (OfS). The OfS have published guidance on鈥�.听

If you are a new鈥�HE,鈥�FE鈥痮r independent training provider, and would like access to regional good practice forums, please use the .