Changes to the Disclosure and Barring Service For CRB Teachers

In March the Government announced that old and minor cautions and convictions will be filtered out of the information revealed in applications for jobs in England and Wales. This follows a ruling in January by the Court of Appeal that blanket checks did not comply with human rights laws.

The ruling follows a case brought by a young man who, on applying for a job at a football club had to disclose that he had received police cautions at the age of 11 over two stolen bicycles. In future cautions will be filtered from record checks by the DBS after six years for adults and two years for young offenders.

Some members have been prevented from taking up work with young people on account of minor offences or cautions when they were young. It is something the MU has consistently pressured the government over.