Nurture Education Registration Pack

I do not have any unspent convictions, cautions, reprimands or warnings (Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 exemption applies)

 If you select “disagree” please provide full details separately regarding the offences.

Assignments with Nurture Education will involve close contact with pupils under the age of 18. This means that we require all applicants to undergo a criminal background check and your engagement is exempt from the relevant provisions of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and its supporting regulations.

Consequently, you are not entitled to withhold information about criminal background outside of the current filtering rules (available at www.gov.uk/dbs).

A criminal record will not necessarily bar you from working with Nurture Education but a review of criminal background will take place prior to your engagement with the agency. All information disclosed as part of criminal record checks completed will be discussed with schools prior to any assignments.

Nurture Education operate in accordance with the DBS code of practice and our internal Rehabilitation of Ex-Offenders policy (both are available on request).

I have never been subject to any disciplinary proceedings, investigations, suspension or dismissal from an education or childcare post.

In cases where an allegation was proven to be unsubstantiated, unfounded or malicious there is no need to disclose this.

If, however you answer “disagree” please could you bring a written statement with you to your registration meeting detailing what happened. This would enable us to make an informed decision. 

I confirm I have no mental or physical health conditions that may affect my ability to work as a teacher or a support worker

The Education (Health Standards) (England) Regulations 2003 require that employers must ensure that a person has the health and physical capacity to teach.

These regulations fall within an exception of the Equality Act 2010 legislation which permits health questions to be asked in so far as this is necessary to determine the ability of the applicant to undertake an intrinsic function of the work.

If your personal health circumstances change at any time which may in turn impact your ability to work as a teacher or a support worker for Nurture Education, then please advise us immediately.

I agree to personal information being shared with external parties for the purposed of securing work

The personal information you provide will be used for administration and vetting purposes and may be shared with relevant third parties such as schools and local education authorities.

The data will be processed in accordance with the principles of the Data Protection Act 1998. If you have any queries about the use of the information, please contact the Information Commissioner at ico.gov.uk.

Pension Scheme - Smart Pensions

All employers now have to put employees into a pension scheme if they earn over £10,000 per year, are aged 22 or over and are under state pension age. This is the law, because the government wants to get more people to have another income in addition to the state pension when they retire.

You will pay in 5% of your earnings each pay period. This will be taken directly from your pay and may include tax relief from the government. We will also pay in 3% of your earnings each pay period. Therefore, the total amount put into your pension pot will be 8% of your earnings.

If you don’t want to join the scheme, you need to ask to leave it. You can choose to leave the scheme within a month of the date you were put on it. you will receive a welcome email with all the details from Smart Pensions and you have to do it through them.

In September 2016, the Department for Education (DfE) issued and update to its Statutory Guidance “Keeping Children Safe”. 

This update requires schools and agencies which provide care for pupils under the age of 8, to ensure that staff and volunteers working in these settings are not disqualified from doing so under the Childcare (Disqualifications) Regulations 2009. Reference:

http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2009/1547/contents/made

A person may be disqualified through

• having certain orders or other restrictions placed upon them
• having committed certain offences
• living in the same household as someone who is disqualified by virtue of 1 or 2 above (this is known as disqualification by association)

You are required therefore to sign the declaration below confirming that you are not disqualified under those Regulations from working in any school or nursery.

It is vital that this form is completed promptly to ensure that Nurture Education can continue to place you in schools and nurseries.

I 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

In signing this form, I confirm that the information provided is true to the best of my knowledge

I understand my responsibilities to safeguard children.

I have read the updated DfE guidance.

I am not disqualified in any of the grounds set out in the DfE Guidance.

I understand that I must notify Nurture Education immediately of anything that affects my suitability including any cautions, warnings, convictions, orders or other determinations made in respect of me or a member of my household that would render me disqualified from working with children.