In England and Wales there are two types of criminal record checks that can be issued by the Criminal Records Bureau:
Standard Disclosure – this shows all current and spent convictions, cautions, reprimands and warnings held on the Police National Computer.
Enhanced Disclosure – this is the highest level of check available and contains the same information as the Standard Disclosure but also includes any information that the police reasonably believe is relevant and ought to be included. This can include ‘soft’ information, for example allegations made by someone against the person.
Following changes made by the Protection of Freedoms Act (not yet in force), before a criminal record check is sent to any prospective employer the person to whom it relates will be able to make representations to the Criminal Record Bureau. This would allow, for example, an individual to challenge incorrect information included on their record.
This check was put in place to safeguard people who are vulnerable such as children and persons with a …show more content…
By not sharing details to where they live, surnames and dates of births etc to help protect identity, maybe from a parent who is likely to abscond but also from predatory people looking for a child or family who can be abused.
This is information that can be used to obtain false information by having personal details such as health information, medication, whether or not the child is in care, or under the care of social services.
The point is children are people to who need extra protection rather than less than that of an adult.
In exceptional circumstances the information can be shared such as if a child is on the child protection register then information will be shared in meetings the head teacher will keep a log of information relevant to the child and will share this information when at these meetings. Child protection meetings are organised by a child protection team which includes the local authority, Head teacher, Nurse, Doctor, Police, social services and any other organisation which is involved with the