Counter-terrorism - the Prevent duty

What new entrants need to do

New entrants to the higher education sector need to do an initial self-assessment against the Prevent statutory guidance. You should submit this within two months of us engaging with you. After reviewing this, we’ll offer further guidance.

You’ll be expected to submit detailed evidence of baseline policies and procedures which meet the requirements of the statutory guidance within six months of our initial engagement. We will then test these policies through a Prevent review around six months later.

For more information about this, see Annex A of the monitoring framework.

What established providers need to do

Established providers need to do the following:

• Submit their annual Accountability and data return in December
• Throughout the year, notify the OfS as soon as possible of:
  
  • any significant changes of circumstance affecting the provider’s Prevent responsibilities (such as a change in Prevent lead or changes to core policies)
  • any Prevent-related serious incidents.

Guidance on requirements

As well as referring to the government’s statutory guidance, you should look at our supporting guidance documents.

Changes in reporting requirements from January 2022

The way registered providers report material changes (change of circumstances) and serious Prevent-related incidents changed from 1 January 2022. 

These updates affected the way registered providers report Prevent-related serious incidents and change of circumstances. Also see Regulatory advice 16: Reportable events guidance.