Do schools and colleges have to include the unique reference numbers for staff appointed before 2007?
A. This depends on the circumstances. Schools and colleges are required to have full records on all relevant staff, including those in post on 1 January 2007. If these have not been recorded previously, it is the school/college’s responsibility to ask for unique reference numbers from staff appointed before 1 January 2007, but who were in post on 1 January 2007. However, not all staff in post on 1 January 2007 required a CRB check. Further details on this are given below.
