TRA and DBS Referrals Demystified: Navigating Disciplinary Processes

The Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) and the Teaching Regulation Agency (TRA) handle referrals to ensure safeguarding, particularly in environments involving children and vulnerable adults.

In 2022-2023, the DBS received 9,854 referrals regarding individuals potentially posing risks to vulnerable groups and in the same period the TRA received 989 referrals for teacher misconduct.

During the session we will be discussing the following:

• • An overview of the disciplinary process
  • Criteria for referrals to the TRA and/or DBS
  • Scenarios to bring the advice to life

Let us introduce you to this week's professional speaker

Sarah Cook

Sarah has thirteen years of experience in safeguarding in education, culminating in the role of Head of Safeguarding for a successful Multi Academy Trust. Running a multi-disciplinary team and working with DSLs across primary and secondary academies she enjoyed offering support, advice and challenge to colleagues to develop safeguarding practice across the Trust. Sarah is passionate about supporting DSLs and making their incredibly difficult role easier to navigate by offering engaging training, a supportive approach, and clear recommendations and advice. Outside of work she is a voracious reader and enjoys swimming and cooking.

Jenny Salero

Jenny qualified as a solicitor in 2012 and joined Judicium as a consultant following her qualification. Her grasp of complex HR queries such as restructuring MATs to operate as efficiently as possible has enabled her rise from a consultant to Team Leader of the HR Advisory Team. Her responsibilities still include dealing with the variety of queries in schools HR as well as supporting the team on a daily basis. Jenny is also an experienced trainer. She runs the training sessions for the NAHT’s HR Essentials Course. In her spare time she likes to participate in park runs as well as get creative with crafts and baking cupcakes.