Half of all radicalisation referrals now come from schools, exclusive figures reveal

Teachers are making “knee-jerk” referrals of pupils they feel may be at risk of radicalisation because they are afraid of falling foul of new terrorism reporting laws, experts say. The number of referrals made from the education sector to the government’s anti-radicalisation scheme, Channel, has soared from 20 in 2012/13 to 424 last year. But … Continue reading Half of all radicalisation referrals now come from schools, exclusive figures reveal