Schools Still Risk Missing Terror Referral Opportunities, Commissioner Warns

Should Prevent be scrapped?

The warning from the Children’s Commissioner that the Prevent programme can’t help ‘a cohort of children intoxicated by extremism’ might…

Children drawn into radicalisation online says Children’s Commissioner

The effect of social media on young people has been questioned here with the Children's Commissioner for England reporting on British children being drawn into radicalisation and a fascination for violence online.

Children’s commissioner warns young people are being ‘intoxicated by extremism’

Dame Rachel de Souza called for a stronger safeguarding response for children who are fixated with violence but have no clear extremist ideology

Schools that report violence-obsessed kids 'met with closed doors and dead ends'

Children's Commissioner Rachel de Souza raised the alarm about the Prevent counter-terror programme, saying cases end up being referred back to the organisation that flagged concerns in the first place

Schools face 'closed doors' when referring to anti-terror scheme

Education providers are "finding closed doors and dead ends" when they refer children to the government's anti-terror programme, the children's commissioner has warned.

‘Closed doors and dead ends’ in support for violence-fixated young people

The Children’s Commissioner has warned of “closed doors and dead ends” for many education providers when they refer young people to the Government’s anti-terror programme. Referrals to Prevent involving children have risen in the past decade, from 2,918 in 2016-17 to 4,715 in 2024-25. Prevent is described by the Government as an early intervention programme which aims to stop people from becoming involved in, or supporting, terrorism. Axel Rudak…