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On 1 December the Disclosure and Barring Service (“DBS”) became the single body responsible for criminal records checking and barring functions. The DBS replaces the Criminal Records Bureau and Independent Safeguarding Authority.
This new “one-stop shop” is part of the Government’s plan to streamline the vetting and barring system and help schools make safer recruitment decisions without unnecessary bureaucracy. It has immediate practical implications for schools. For example, where a school believes an individual poses a risk of harm to children, a referral must now be to the DBS, rather than the Independent Safeguarding Authority. The DBS’s role will also eventually incorporate other reforms in this area, such as portable CRB checking.
The introduction of a single body makes sense. However, the amount of reform in this area and the piecemeal approach may leave schools confused in the short term. New guidance is promised for 2013, until then schools are left to 'patch up' the 2007 guidance, a not entirely satisfactory position.
The recent case of R (on the application of A Parent) v Governing Body of XYZ School [2022] EWHC 1146 (Admin) provides some welcome and reassuring guidance to governing boards on the exclusion reconsideration process.
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With 19 HR experts now supporting over 500 schools and trusts across the country, in this edition of 60 seconds we sit down with Emma Hughes, who leads the team, to discuss what this significant milestone means to her.
In order to reduce the risk of potential breaches, schools should follow this Health and Safety Executive guidance.
A ResPublica report highlighted that asbestos continues to be the UK’s number one occupational killer, with nurses and teachers 3 to 5 times more likely to develop mesothelioma than the general UK population. The House of Commons Work & Pensions Select Committee is investigating how the HSE manages the continued presence of asbestos in buildings.
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