{"id":1601,"date":"2010-04-30T16:30:04","date_gmt":"2010-04-30T15:30:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.darrenstraight.com\/blog\/2010\/04\/30\/private-tutors-say-no-to-government-vetting-scheme\/"},"modified":"2010-04-30T09:00:15","modified_gmt":"2010-04-30T08:00:15","slug":"private-tutors-say-no-to-government-vetting-scheme","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.darrenstraight.com\/blog\/2010\/04\/30\/private-tutors-say-no-to-government-vetting-scheme\/","title":{"rendered":"Private tutors say no to government vetting scheme"},"content":{"rendered":"
Eight out of ten say it will do nothing to stop paedophiles accessing children <\/em><\/div>\n
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Thousands of tutors employed by parents to give their children private lessons are set to refuse to register under a controversial new government safeguarding scheme.<\/div>\n
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A poll published today, carried out for the thetutorpages.com<\/span><\/span><\/a> website, shows that nearly three-quarters of self-employed tutors for whom the scheme is voluntary will refuse to register.<\/div>\n
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The poll also shows tutors believe overwhelmingly that the scheme, designed to protect children and vulnerable adults from potential abuse, will fail to prevent paedophiles from gaining access to children.<\/div>\n
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The findings come as the Conservatives published their election manifesto, which includes a commitment to scale back the scheme to \u201ccommon sense levels\u201d.<\/div>\n
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Up to nine million adults who work with children or vulnerable adults in schools, colleges, cr\u00e8ches, clubs or community centres will have to register from this summer under the new vetting and barring scheme being introduced by the government\u2019s Independent Safeguarding Authority.<\/div>\n
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Controversially, it will allow the authorities to make checks into people\u2019s background using information kept on police computers and other databases, in addition to records of criminal convictions kept by the Criminal Records Bureau.<\/div>\n
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However, the scheme will be voluntary for thousands of private tutors, coaches, nannies and babysitters who are self-employed. Typically tutors are recruited by parents to provide one-to-one teaching for their children in their homes. Only those who also work in schools or other formal settings or activities will have to register.<\/div>\n
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The survey of more than 500 private tutors, carried out for thetutorpages.com<\/span><\/span><\/a>, <\/em>shows overwhelming opposition to the vetting scheme. Key findings include:<\/div>\n