Enhanced CRB Checks and new ISA regulations

[claire-B]

Ok so I've posted on here before but now im currently filling in forms and do not know what to do...the story is that I recieved an on the spot caution for shoplifting (which I believe expreies at the time it was give I did not go to teh station, get my picture or finger prints taken. I also had a fine and so I paid it and did not go to court..

Now I'm looking to become a teacher...firstly, does the abouve count as a conviction and so if it does would I be ok to put 'no' I do not have any unspent convictions? (it happened in April this year). Also, another form asks have I ever been convicted for a criminal offence - would this caution/warning count as being convicted of a criminal offence as I did not go to court or anything?

I'm aware its really confusing but having read the new ISA info I'm even more worried about if it will prevent/cause issues with me becoming a teacher and also if it will even show up at all - in the past people have said it depends on the job and the person compeleting the check...the job is teaching so does anyone have any advice or experience where this has happened before?

HELP please!!

[Buenchico]

You were issued with a fixed penalty notice. To quote directly from the Home Office website: "Penalty notices are not the same as criminal convictions". So you can lawfully state that you've never been convicted of a criminal offence. Source:
http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/anti-social-behaviour/penalties/penalty-notices/

An enhanced CRB check will automatically contain all of the same information that a standard check does. See here:
http://tinyurl.com/yb9wckr
Additionally it can show any any information deemed to be relevant by a senior police officer (or other relevant source). For example it can show offences committed by a subject's partner or family members. (I know of a teacher who found that offences committed by her husband appeared on her CRB check). It can also show unsubstantiated allegations against the subject. (A teacher posted, here on AB, when he found that his CRB check included an allegation of sexual 'grooming' made against him, even though he'd never been questioned or even told about the allegation).

It's probably unlikely, but not impossible, that your FPN would show up. Even if it did you wouldn't automatically be barred from entering the teaching profession.

Chris

[missy2012]

hey claire-B, im in the same situation now, what happened with your CRB check, did it show?
cheers