Amendments

In February 2025, information on how to request information about an applicant from Ofsted was added to Section 3, Stage One-The Pre-Assessment Process. A link to the Disclosure and Barring Service Guidance Leaflets (GOV.UK) was added in the Related Guidance Section.

Section 4.2, Procedural Fairness was updated in February 2025 in line with case-law.

This chapter was updated in February 2025. A link to DBS guidance leaflets (GOV.UK) was added in Section 4.4, Concluding the Investigation.