Self Declaration
Fleet Education Services requires all tutors to hold a current enhanced DBS (formerly CRB) certification and to undergo a new check every three years unless you are subscribed to the Update Service. Any offer of assignment from Fleet Education Services is subject to a satisfactory enhanced DBS check. You are required, before accepting any appointment, to disclose any conviction, caution or binding over including “spent” convictions under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exemptions) Order 1975. Disclosure of a criminal background will not necessarily debar you from working with us – this will depend upon the nature of the offence(s) and when they occurred. Non-disclosure may lead to termination of your service contract with us.
The Department for Education (DfE) recently issued an update to its statutory guidance “Keeping Children Safe in Education”.
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/keeping-children-safe-in-education--2
This requires organisations which provide care for pupils under the age of 8, to ensure that staff ,volunteers or tutors working in these settings are not disqualified from doing so under the Childcare (Disqualification) Regulations 2018.
Reference: http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2018/794/contents/made
A person may be disqualified through
- Having certain orders or other restrictions placed upon them
- Having committed certain offences
You are required therefore to sign the declaration at the end of this application form confirming that you are not disqualified under those regulations.
A disqualified person is not permitted to continue to work in a setting providing care for children under the age of 8, unless they apply for and are granted a waiver from OFSTED.
Reference: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/applying-to-waive-disqualification-early-years-and-childcare-providers