Criminal Records Bureau Checking16.04.2010

The Criminal Records Bureau (CRB) Services has responded to the BCSA enquiry regarding a request from a Principal Contractor insisting that all contractors on their project should be the subject of an ‘Enhanced CRB Check’.

The CRB Services said:
“It would not be expected that contractors working on site would come into contact with the children on a regular basis”.

The following is taken from guidance 0780/2002 issued by the Department for Children Schools and Families. School visitors who do not require a Disclosure are:

• Visitors who have business with the Head or other staff, or have brief contact with children with the teacher present.

• Visitors who come on site to carry out repairs of service equipment (i.e. children should not, in theory, have contact with contractors).

• Volunteers or parents who only accompany staff and children on occasional outings or trips that do not involve overnight stays.

• Building contractors – children should not be allowed in areas where builders are working for health and safety reasons so workers should have no contact with children;

• People on site before or after school hours when children are not present.

Construction workers are not expected to have CRB checks and further information on when this applies is available from the web site: http://www.crb.homeoffice.gov.uk/eligibility