This webinar prepares school leaders, governors, and operations teams for the upcoming Martyn's Law (Terrorism Protection of Premises legislation), named in honour of Manchester Arena victim Martyn Hett.
Participants will learn how to integrate these new counter-terrorism security requirements seamlessly into their current school safety policies. A dedicated, free-to-attend webinar, this session welcomes Prepare and Protect experts and governance leads as well as host Nathan Emmerich, personal advisor to Figen Murray, mother of Martyn Hett who campaigned tirelessly for better protection in publicly accessible places.
- Understand capacity tiers
- The DfE special rule
- Who is responsible? Legal accountability insight
- Low-stress actionable plans for lockdowns, evacuations and communication
- Access to official resources
The session concludes with a live platform-based Q&A to answer your specific compliance questions.
Agenda
| 10.30 | Welcome & Event Overview Nathan Emmerich, Personal Advisor to Figen Murray OBE & Communications Lead for Martyn’s Law campaign |
| 10.35 | Scope of the Act & Tiers Laura Gibb, Executive Director for Martyn's Law, Security Industry Authority |
| 10.45 | Panel Session Nathan talks with Laura Gibb, SIA Executive Director for Martyn's Law plus Nick Aldworth, Martyn's Law expert. |
| 11.00 | Presentation AddSecure |
| 11.10 | Preparedness, Proportion & Practicality Catherine Loake, Director of Business Services, HFL Education |
| 11.25 | Presentation CEIA |
| 11.35 | Protecting your school against terrorism and threat: what those governing need to know Fariha Choudhury, Policy Expert, National Governance Association (NGA) |
| 11.45 | Presentation Vimpex |
| 11.55 | Panel Discussion / Q and A session Nathan is joined by today's speakers plus Michael Barton, Head of Policy and Impact, NGA and Nick Aldworth, Former UK CT National Coordinator, Director of Risk to Resolution Consultancy |
| 12.25 | Event Close - Event timings and speakers may be subject to change |
Speakers
Nathan Emmerich is a strategic communications expert with more than 10 years’ experience advising CEOs, politicians and senior leaders to embed communication functions across their organisations.
Nick retired from a 36-year career in policing and military service in 2019. He finished his career as a Detective Chief Superintendent in Counter Terrorism Policing where he held the role of National Coordinator (Protect and Prepare).
