New course · Staff CPD training

Recognising Radicalisation: incel, misogyny, racism & extremism in young people

A specialist new course helping your school recognise the early signs, judge them proportionately, and respond with confidence — and build the connection and belonging that are their strongest antidote.

In person or live onlineNever recorded e-learning
Twilight · half-day · full dayFits your INSET calendar
CPD hours certificateFor every participant
Prevent & KCSIE 2026Mapped to statutory duty
Why this, why now

The newest safeguarding challenge doesn’t look like the old one.

Today’s radicalisation arrives quietly — through gaming chat, short-form video and algorithm-driven “manosphere” content — and reaches pupils no traditional checklist would flag. It shows up first as a shift in language, humour and worldview, long before anything obvious. This course gives your whole staff the understanding, judgement and confidence to notice and respond well.

Why we built this course

Radicalisation feeds on division. This course is built to counter it.

Dialogue Fosters is a Community Interest Company launching this specialist training to meet a real and growing gap: schools want more than the compliance basics. Our approach puts connection, belonging and proportionate judgement at the centre — not surveillance. As a CIC, any surplus is reinvested into our mission.

What your staff will gain

By the end of the course, participants can:

  • Describe how radicalisation spreads online and reaches unflagged pupils
  • Recognise behavioural, verbal and digital warning signs
  • Distinguish a genuine concern from ordinary adolescent behaviour
  • Hold a supportive first conversation and record it well
  • Use the school’s Prevent and Channel referral pathway with confidence
  • Act proportionately — avoiding both over-reaction and missed risk
The curriculum

A nine-part course, tailored to your school and phase

Delivered live and refreshed against what pupils are actually seeing this term. Shorter formats draw on the same module bank.

1

The changing landscape

How radicalisation spreads online today — and why it reaches unflagged pupils.

2

Incel & the manosphere

Understanding the pull as an identity offer, not just a set of labels.

3

Racism & convergence

How misogyny, racism and far-right narratives feed one another.

4

How young people are drawn in

The grievance, belonging and meaning beneath the behaviour.

5

Recognising the signs

Behavioural, verbal and digital indicators — clusters, not single words.

6

Concern or adolescence?

Our core module: a structured framework for proportionate judgement.

7

Responding well

The first conversation, recording, and building classroom resilience.

8

The referral pathway

Prevent and Channel made clear — safeguarding, not surveillance.

9

Ethics & proportionality

Fair, careful, defensible practice that protects every pupil.

What makes this course different

The judgement framework

The hardest, most human skill in safeguarding is telling a genuine concern from ordinary adolescent edginess — so staff neither over-refer nor miss the child who needs help. Our four-question framework makes that judgement shareable, consistent and defensible across your whole staff body.

1
Pattern & persistence — one-off, or sustained and deepening?
2
Fixation & dehumanisation — are views hardening into hostility?
3
Functional impact — have behaviour and relationships changed?
4
Context & history — what else is known about this child?
Who it’s for

Built for whole-school delivery

All school staff

Teachers, teaching assistants and support staff — everyone who works with young people.

Designated Safeguarding Leads

An extended tier on thresholds, referral and calibration for DSLs and deputies.

Schools, colleges & settings

Content is tailored to your setting and your local referral arrangements.

Formats & pricing

Choose the format that fits your school

In person or live online. Multi-school and multi-academy-trust bookings discounted.

Twilight
60–90 min · whole staff
£350from
Half-day INSET
~3 hrs · whole staff
£650from
Full INSET day
Whole staff + DSL tier
£1,200from
Annual refresh
Keeps training current
Ask usretainer

Prices ex VAT; travel where applicable. Every participant receives a certificate recording their CPD hours. As a Community Interest Company, any surplus is reinvested into our mission.

Questions

Frequently asked

Does this replace our Prevent duty training?
It goes further than the introductory Prevent basics. It’s a specialist deep-dive on the fastest-growing strand of radicalisation, mapped to the Prevent duty, Channel and Keeping Children Safe in Education 2026, so it supports your compliance and inspection evidence.
Is it delivered in person or online?
Either — both are live and interactive. In-person suits whole-staff INSET and the discussion-based judgement work; live online removes travel and reaches split-site staff. It is never passive, recorded e-learning.
How long is it, and when can you deliver?
From a 60–90 minute twilight session to a full INSET day. We work around your calendar, including after-school slots and INSET days.
Is the course certificated?
Every participant receives a certificate recording their CPD hours and learning outcomes for their staff record.
Can you train a whole trust or cluster?
Yes. We offer discounted rates for multi-school and multi-academy-trust bookings — get in touch for a group quote.

Bring this to your staff room.

Book a short, no-obligation call to talk through your school’s needs — or reserve an INSET slot for this term.