- New self-isolation requirements announced today
- New filtering rules for DBS certificates
- Keeping children safe in education: proposed revisions 2021
1. Covid-19 new announcement today – Self-isolation cut to 10 days from Monday 14th December
- Self-isolation for contacts of people with confirmed coronavirus will be shortened from 14 to 10 days across the UK from Monday 15th December.
- The change will also apply to people instructed to quarantine after returning from countries which are not on the travel corridor list.
- Anyone who has been self-isolating for 10 days or more will be able to end their quarantine on Monday.
- The change has already been announced in Wales, but this new announcement will apply to all four nations.
- A statement from the four UK chief medical officers (CMOs) said: “After reviewing the evidence, we are now confident that we can reduce the number of days that contacts self-isolate from 14 days to 10.
- “People who return from countries which are not on the travel corridor list should also self-isolate for 10 days instead of 14 days.”
2. New filtering rules for DBS certificates
- The Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) has published new guidance dealing with the filtering rules for criminal records certificates which will apply from 28 November 2020.
- There will no longer be a requirement for youth cautions, reprimands and warnings to be automatically disclosed on standard and enhanced DBS certificates.
- It should be noted that enhanced DBS certificates may include information relating to a protected caution or conviction if the police consider that it is relevant to the workforce that the individual intends to work in.
- These changes are intended to ensure that the right balance is struck between rehabilitating offenders and protecting the public.
- This is the link to the Gov guidance New filtering rules for DBS certificates (from 28 November 2020 onwards).
3. Keeping children safe in education: proposed revisions 2021
- The DfE are seeking views on proposed changes to the statutory guidance ‘Keeping children safe in education’ 2020, with a view to making changes for September 2021.
- This consultation document sets out the majority of the changes to KCSIE the Department for Education began to consult on in February 2020. Due to COVID-19 the consultation was withdrawn on 31 March 2020. Responses received during the five weeks the consultation was running will still be considered.
The link to the online survey is here.
