An important change in force since September affects the definition of Regulated Activity, which governs who can work or volunteer with children.
Prior to September the position was relatively simple for schools – all staff and volunteers at a school were engaged in Regulated Activity as long as they undertook the role at least four times in a 30-day period.
In an attempt to scale back those caught by the term, the government changed the definition to exclude supervised volunteers. The practical impact of this change is that schools are no longer required to undertake vetting checks and cannot access the Children’s Barred List to check if the supervised volunteer is barred.
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