Do I need an enhanced DBS to tutor?

An enhanced DBS helps families and schools verify your suitability to work with young people. It forms part of the Qualified Tutor Five-Point Check.

I already have a DBS — can I use it?

Yes. You can verify an existing enhanced DBS and enable daily status checks through your membership so your profile stays current.

How does this fit with the Five-Point Check?

DBS is step 1, alongside safeguarding training, insurance, policies and verified practice. Completing all five earns Certified Professional Tutor status.

What if I’m new to tutoring?

We’ll guide you through what you need to get started safely, including DBS, safeguarding training and policies. You can also book a discovery call for help.

Do I need an enhanced DBS to tutor?

An enhanced DBS helps families and schools verify your suitability to work with young people. It forms part of the Qualified Tutor Five-Point Check.

I already have a DBS — can I use it?

Yes. You can verify an existing enhanced DBS and enable daily status checks through your membership so your profile stays current.

How does this fit with the Five-Point Check?

DBS is step 1, alongside safeguarding training, insurance, policies and verified practice. Completing all five earns Certified Professional Tutor status.

What if I’m new to tutoring?

We’ll guide you through what you need to get started safely, including DBS, safeguarding training and policies. You can also book a discovery call for help.

Do I need an enhanced DBS to tutor?

An enhanced DBS helps families and schools verify your suitability to work with young people. It forms part of the Qualified Tutor Five-Point Check.

I already have a DBS — can I use it?

Yes. You can verify an existing enhanced DBS and enable daily status checks through your membership so your profile stays current.

How does this fit with the Five-Point Check?

DBS is step 1, alongside safeguarding training, insurance, policies and verified practice. Completing all five earns Certified Professional Tutor status.

What if I’m new to tutoring?

We’ll guide you through what you need to get started safely, including DBS, safeguarding training and policies. You can also book a discovery call for help.

Safe. Skilled. Supported.

The Qualified Tutor DBS Programme ensures every tutor working with children meets the highest safeguarding standards. Enhanced DBS certificates are verified and monitored daily, safeguarding training is refreshed annually, and professional boundaries are upheld at all times.

This isn't just compliance — it's professional safeguarding culture that reassures families, schools and local authorities.

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Why Daily DBS Matters

A DBS certificate is a snapshot — it shows you were cleared on the day it was printed. But parents, schools and local authorities don’t just want to know “were you safe once?” They want to know “are you safe today?”

Qualified Tutor membership includes daily DBS status monitoring through the government’s Update Service. That means a tutor can show live, ongoing clearance to work with children.

Every Qualified Tutor Certified professional has:

An Enhanced DBS registered with the Update Service and monitored daily
Up-to-date safeguarding and reporting training
Professional insurance and clear policies in place
Defined terms and boundaries agreed with families
Evidence of effective tutoring practice

This protects young people — and it protects tutors as professionals.

For tutors

We don’t leave you to figure it out alone

We guide you through the compliance pieces and the human pieces: how to talk to parents, how to escalate a concern, how to set boundaries that keep everyone safe.

Help applying for or renewing the correct Enhanced DBS
What you can / can’t do while your DBS is processing
Live mentoring and safeguarding Q&A each week
Approved wording for raising concerns with parents or schools
Support with pricing, policies and professional conduct

You’re never on your own in a difficult situation.

For parents & schools

How you know a tutor is safe

When you see the Qualified Tutor Certified badge, it means that tutor has been independently checked — and keeps meeting standards, not just once, but continuously.

Current Enhanced DBS (daily status monitoring)
Safeguarding & reporting confidence
Professional insurance and accountability
Clear terms and behaviour boundaries
Evidence of effective teaching practice

You can ask to see proof. A good tutor will be happy to show you.

Qualified Tutor · Five-Point Check Safe · Skilled · Supported

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Enhanced DBS with Daily Status Checks

We don’t just collect a certificate once. We verify live DBS status so you can prove you’re cleared today.

2

Safeguarding & Reporting Training

You know how to recognise a concern, document it, and escalate it appropriately to protect the learner and yourself.

3

Active Insurance & Clear Policies

Professional cover is in place. Policies set expectations up front: safety, professionalism, accountability.

4

Professional Terms & Boundaries

Communication, cancellations, contact rules and conduct are defined before tutoring begins.

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Proven Tutoring Practice

This is not “just homework help.” Certified Tutors show structured, learner-centred support that builds confidence and independence.

Become a Qualified Tutor Certified Professional

Join the professional tutoring community that puts safeguarding, credibility and reflective practice first. Membership includes daily DBS status checks, safeguarding CPD, mentoring and real-world support for tricky situations.

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