So the government is intending to change the safeguarding legislation – vetting and barring, CRBs and List 99. This blog is not about the detail, but what I, as a parent, would expect from the system. I want, for example, to know that my children are safe from abuse with the following: their class teacher; their nursery nurse; their classroom assistant; the caretaker at their school; the priest or imam who gives them religious instruction; their music tutor; the swimming instructor, their athletics coach; and the taxi driver who drives our learning disabled child to school. All of these have, rarely, committed gross abuse upon their charges. So I want the state actively permanently to prevent access to these jobs by people who have been convicted or cautioned for abuse involving children.
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