Any skills/hobbies/passions not previously mentioned that you could bring to your lessons (E.g. music genre interest, crafts, languages, love of animals, sports team knowledge etc.)
(If yes, please provide an overseas check for the time you were living/working in another country outside the EEA. (Please refer to this link for further information - https://www.gov.uk/gov
(If not you will need to obtain one) Please note that any offer of employment will be subject to receiving references and an enhanced disclosure certificate from the Disclosure and Barring S
The position you have applied for is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (as amended in England and Wales).When we are assessing your character and suitability for any such appointment, it is legally permitted to ask for and consider any information relating to unspent (current) and spent (old) criminal convictions, police cautions, final warnings or reprimands which are not protected (or filtered out) by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2013. You are not legally obliged to declare any convictions or cautions which are protected under the Exceptions Order. Employers must not ask for, or consider any such information as part of their recruitment process. Before completing this form it will be important for you to read the useful guidance section which provides additional advice about the type of criminal history information you must declare on a seperate form if appointed. Where relevant to the role, the organisation may also ask you to provide any information about any investigations and/or formal action taken against you by a regulatory or licencing body which may have had an impact on your professional registration and/or fitness to practise in your chosen profession. Any information you declare when completing this form will be verified by undertaking a follow-up check with the relevant body. It will also include carrying out a standard or enhanced disclosure through the Disclosure and Barring Services (known as a DBS check). Enhanced disclosures may also include other non-conviction information which may be held on central police databases, where this is regarded as relevant to the position you are applying for. If the position has, in addition, been identified as a ‘regulated activity’ under theSafeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006 (as amended by the Protection of Freedoms Act 2012), the enhanced disclosure will also include any information that may be held about you on the children’s and/or adults barred list(s). Our fair recruitment promise The organisation does not discriminate unfairly against applicants on the basis of criminal conviction or other such information declared. If we believe that the information you have declared is relevant to the position you are applying for, we will discuss this with you prior to making our final recruitment decision. If information is not raised with you, this is because we do not believe that this should be taken into account. In any event, you remain free to discuss the matter with the human resources department should you wish to do so. All information will be examined on a case-by-case basis alongside the full range of information we gain about you as part of our recruitment process. It is important to stress that answering yes to any of the questions in the attached form does not mean that you will be prevented from taking up an appointment with the organisation. How will my information be used? The information that you provide in this declaration form will be processed in accordance with the Data Protection Act 2018. It will only be used for the purpose of determining your application for this position. It will also be used for purposes of enquiries in relation to the prevention and detection of fraud. If you have declared any information relating to criminal convictions or other such offences, we will consider the following: ● The relevance of the conviction / offence to the position being applied for. ● The seriousness of the offence(s). ● Your age when you committed the offence(s). ● The length of time since the offence(s) occurred. ● If there is a pattern of offending behaviour. ● The circumstances surrounding the offence(s). Any evidence you provide to demonstrate that your circumstances have changed since the offending behaviour. It is important to be aware, that the failure to disclose all spent and unspent convictions which you are legally obliged to declare (i.e. those that are not protected by Exceptions Order of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (as amended in England and Wales), could result in disciplinary proceedings or dismissal. Useful guidance If you have a criminal history, it will be important for you to refer to the easy to read guidance documents provided on the Unlock website - https://www.unlock.org.uk/ Unlock is a charity body that provides information and advice to individuals to help them gain a greater understanding about the type of information employers are likely to seek about their criminal history, which convictions and cautions are protected under the Exceptions Order (i.e. will never be disclosed as part of a DBS check and do not need to be declared when completing this form) and their rights.