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GLF Schools was founded in 2012 in order to enable the federation of Glyn School (an academy in 2011) and Danetree Junior School. Together, we began our journey to become a MAT of more than 1000 talented staff working with over 10,000 children in 40 schools across 5 regions in southern England.

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Volunteers in School

DBS Application Process

We are very lucky to have such supportive families at Cuddington Croft Primary School and always welcome volunteers to the school.

In order to become a volunteer at Cuddington, we would need you to apply for a DBS (Disclosure and Barring Service) check. Please see below for details, this process has recently changed and the school will now create an online application via a portal for you to complete.

To start this process and create your application please contact dbsapplications@cuddingtoncroft.org to express your interest in volunteering with the school. 

If you have a UK passport and driving license the steps for the application are as follows - 

 

Step 1 - You will be asked to come into the office to fill in some forms. We will share with you our ‘visitor information sheets’ and ‘safeguarding sheet’. We will also ask you to sign the Volunteer Agreement to acknowledge that this information has been read and understood. This should take approximately 5 minutes. 

 

Step 2 -  DBS Check - You will be asked to fill out the initial online DBS application where you will be asked to upload three piece of ID. This will ideally be a passport, driving license and a council tax statement (less than 1 year old) or bank statement/utility bill (less than 3 months old). We can also accept UK birth certificates.  We can only accept original documentation. Photocopies or documentation printed from the internet e.g. internet bank statement cannot be used.  For a full list of documents which can be used for verification purposes, please see the government guidelines here. 

If you have lived outside of the UK for 3 months or more in the last 5 years you will also be asked to upload a police check from the country you lived in at that time. 

 

Step 3 - Online ID verification check- Once this form has been completed you will then be required to complete an online ID verification. You will be asked to upload your passport and license to be verified. You will also be required to film a short video of yourself to confirm your identity. 

 

Step 4 - DBS Update Service Sign Up - Once your DBS has completed you will be asked to sign up to the DBS update service. This is a free service for volunteers and it will enable you to use your DBS throughout your child's enrolment at the school and it will mean you will not have to reapply for your DBS every year. 

 

Step 5 - DBS Certificate Witness - Please bring in your original DBS certificate to the front office to be witnessed by a member of staff. 

 

If you do not have a UK passport you will be asked to share a right to work share code instead of fulfilling Step 3. You will also be asked to provide three pieces of ID, ideally a passport, driving license and a council tax statement (less than 1 year old) or bank statement/utility bill (less than 3 months old). We can only accept original documentation. Photocopies or documentation printed from the internet e.g. internet bank statement cannot be used.  For a full list of documents which can be used for verification purposes, please see the government guidelines here. These will need to be brought to the school in your initial meeting. If you have lived outside of the UK for more that 3 months in the last 5 years you will be asked to provide a police check from the country you lived in.

 

As part of our safeguarding and volunteer procedures, we require you to read our Safeguarding policy, which can be found on our school website here. 

Please note that this can take up to 6 weeks but is often much faster. Your certificate will be posted to your home address - once your certificate has been received, you will need to bring this into the school office so that we can update our records.  

DBS Update Service

When completing your application, you will have the option to register for the ‘DBS Update Service’. This update service is an online subscription that allows you to keep your enhanced DBS certificate up to date and allows the school to check a certificate online. The service is free as you are a volunteer and starts from the date your DBS certificate is issued. We would strongly encourage you to sign-up to the service. We have to ensure that all volunteers at Cuddington are on site at least once a term in order for their DBS Clearance to remain valid. Due to the nature of the volunteer/helper role, we understand that this might not always be possible for you. Having an online DBS subscription enables us to check your certificate online periodically, with your consent, in case you are not able to come in every term.If you are not signed up to the update service you will be required to reapply for your DBS yearly. 

To sign up to the DBS update service please follow this link.

Please see https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dbs-update-service-applicant-guide/dbs-update-service-applicant-guide for further information.