Legislation
The Children Act 1989
This act enforced new laws concerning the safety and welfare of children in England and Wales. It emphasises that it is the duty of parents, local authority, agencies and courts to take responsibility for children’s safety and promote their welfare and work together to ensure that children are safeguarded at all times. The act stresses the importance that a child or young person is best cared for within their own family; but when parents or a family is unable to work with the statutory authorities, stipulations are in place. The act also states that the framework around court proceedings regarding children were to be updated. The court should prioritise the children’s welfare before anything else, and if any …show more content…
 Disqualification order (under part 2 of Criminal Justice and Court Services Act 2000) which would also bar individuals from working with children
When a person would like to work with children or vulnerable adults, the Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006 provided a new framework for vetting and barring individuals to protect and make provision for children [and vulnerable adults] and identifies any offence which would make a person unsuitable to work with children [and adults]. The new barring check is referred to as Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) and a positive disclosure shows cautions, warnings, convictions and any other relevant police information.
The Equality Act 2010
The Equality Act 2010 states that it is unlawful to discriminate against pupils because of their sex, race, disability, religion or belief, sexual orientation and the Disability Discrimination Act 1995/2005 states that it is against the law for a school to adversely treat a disabled pupil including:
1. refusing admission because of disability (‘direct discrimination’)
 limit access to application forms to only one format (‘indirect