Children's safety before anything.
We're fully committed to the welfare and safeguarding of children and do everything within our means to ensure a safe environment for students and staff.
To support that commitment, our candidate vetting process not only meets but exceeds current UK guidance and legislation including:
- Keeping Children Safe in Education (KCSIE)
- Teaching Regulation Agency (TRA)
- The Department for Education (DFE)
- UK Visas & Immigration
- Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS)
- The Recruitment & Employment Confederation (REC)
We employ and train specialist compliance staff to reflect our values and thoroughly understand each element of the process and examine candidate documents and evidence. For each candidate booked, we'll email you a comprehensive Candidate Vetting & Safeguarding Checklist before their start date.
We continually review our vetting process to ensure that we're leaders in our field when it comes to the safeguarding and the protection of children. All applicants seeking work through RT Education will be interviewed and vetted through the process set out below.
In order for a candidate to satisfy our eligibility requirements, they must provide evidence of the following (including copies of original documentation):
Current CV This must include a complete employment history including an explanation of any gaps and/or career breaks
Right to Work All candidates must provide evidence of their right to work in the UK
Photo identification
Copies of all relevant qualification certificates
Verbal and Written Skills Demonstrate a level of verbal and written English sufficient to support students
Enhanced DBS An Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) disclosure including a recent ‘Update Service' check (if applicable)
A minimum of two satisfactory relevant professional employment references:
One of which must be childcare/education based
One of which must be from their most recent employer
All references require verification by the organisation's Headteacher
Registration Form A completed and signed RT Education Registration form, this includes declarations regarding health/medical status and any suspensions, disqualifications, safeguarding investigations and criminal record
Overseas Police Check All applicants who have had a substantial gap in UK residence within the last 5 years will need to provide an overseas police check from the relevant country(s), issued no more than two months before their arrival date in the UK
Teacher Reference Number Teacher Reference Number (TRN) for all teachers who have achieved QTS (this will be validated)
Social Media checks
Change of name papers (if applicable)
Evidence of National Insurance number
Proof of Address Two current proofs of UK address (in formats approved by the Disclosure and Barring Service)
The above checks are completed for all candidate prior to their first placement with RT Education and updated as required on an ongoing basis.