Home Safe project: Domestic violence prevention education
The sample domestic violence prevention education
curriculum for primary and
secondary schools shows a brief outline of what this work would include.
All of our schools in Islington are already covering most of these issues in
their PSHE and
Citizenship classes, such as bullying, safe relationships, anger management,
conflict resolution and anti-discrimination. This topic therefore integrates
well into these subjects and will compliment the work schools are already
doing to build safer communities and promote healthy relationships.
Work with pupils on money management, household financing, career
opportunities and where to go for help and advice in the school and wider
community are also contributing to domestic violence prevention by teaching
children independence and self-respect for example.
Domestic violence prevention education focuses on conflict resolution and safe
relationships with an important gender perspective, which is often overlooked.
This work directly addresses the gendered power dynamics that feature in
domestic violence and encourages boys and girls to respect each other as
equals and to challenge sexist behaviours and language, which can legitimise
and encourage violence against women and girls. This focus is in line with all
the recent national guidelines that have been produced for schools on tackling
domestic violence, from many Governmental departments and the
National Union of Teachers (NUT) for example.