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Who can check your criminal record for a role, the application process and how to recognise a genuine certificate.

• Who can check your criminal record

  Employers can check your criminal record no matter what role you apply…

• Checking process

  You need to fill in an online or paper form, depending on the type of…

Guidance for test developers on the purpose, format, content, cognitive demand and specification for the key stage 2 English grammar, punctuation and spelling test.

• Updated: 24 March 2016

English grammar, punctuation and spelling test materials administered to eligible pupils at the end of key stage 2 (KS2) in May 2025.

• Updated: 23 May 2025

How to read out particular types of questions in the key stage 1 and key stage 2 English grammar, punctuation and spelling tests.

• Updated: 14 February 2023

How to request a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check for a potential employee: types of DBS check, how to request a check, how much it costs, how long it takes.

Guidance for test developers on the purpose, format, content, cognitive demand and specification for the key stage 1 (KS1) English grammar, punctuation and spelling test.

• Updated: 20 May 2024

When you have to take an ADI standards check (check test), what happens at the test and how your grade is decided.

Appeal a mistake on a criminal record check certificate or appeal a decision on DBS's list of people who are barred from certain roles

Materials for administering the modified large print (MLP) and braille versions of the 2023 key stage 2 (KS2) English grammar, punctuation and spelling test.

• Updated: 20 November 2023

Use this service to check a teacher’s record before they start working for your school, college, teacher supply agency, or other organisation.

• Updated: 23 April 2025