Safeguarding
Enhanced DBS Check (with Children's Barred List)
You can apply to tutor with Latimer without arranging a new DBS check first. Our separate Enhanced DBS application service is available below if you need a check.
What this Enhanced DBS check is for
An Enhanced DBS check helps organisations make safer recruitment decisions for roles involving children or vulnerable people. Barred-list information can be requested only where the tutoring role is eligible for that additional check. The certificate is a snapshot of information held at the point the check is completed; it does not expire automatically, but organisations can set their own freshness requirements when deciding whether to accept an existing certificate.
For tutors joining Latimer, we note DBS status when you request a profile review after your interview and acceptance tasks. If you need a new check, we leave the DBS application until all other onboarding requirements are complete. We do not publish your profile or introduce you to clients until the required check has been accepted. A completed certificate does not guarantee tutoring work. You may also obtain a DBS independently in your own time.
Next step
How the application process works
The application starts in the secure form linked from this page. Once submitted, we review the details, issue the next stage through the E-Bulk DBS system, and contact you if anything is missing. You will then complete the identity and DBS steps required for the check to progress. When the DBS has finished processing, the certificate is posted directly to your home address and remains your property.
- Complete the initiation form and pay the ID-check fee shown on the form.
- Watch for follow-up emails from Latimer Tuition or the DBS/E-Bulk process, including any identity-check instructions.
- Make sure your name, address history, date of birth, and identity documents match the details you submit.
- Respond quickly if we ask you to correct details or restart the form after a failed ID check.
- Keep the certificate safe once it arrives, as Latimer Tuition does not receive the physical certificate.
Before you start the form
Have your identity and address details ready before you begin. The exact documents accepted can vary, but you should expect to provide current identity information and a reliable address history. If details do not match, the ID check may fail and you may need to resubmit the form. Use your legal name, check spellings carefully, and avoid abbreviations unless they appear on the document itself.
- Use your full legal name and current contact details.
- Prepare recent address history before starting the application.
- Make sure document details match the information typed into the form.
- Use an email address you check regularly, because missing a follow-up can delay the process.
- Do not submit the form for someone else unless you are authorised to do so.
DBS fees
The total is £89 including applicable VAT for one Enhanced DBS application and one ID check. Pay £6 for the ID check through the secure form, then £83 to Latimer Tuition by bank transfer when we email you the payment request. If the ID check fails, you will need to complete and pay for another ID check.
- Latimer Tuition admin fee
- £35 + £7 VAT = £42.
- DBS fee
- £41. No VAT is charged on the statutory DBS fee.
- ID check
- £5 + £1 VAT = £6 per check, via TrustID. Paid through the secure form. If the ID check fails, you will need to pay for another ID check.
- Bank transfer payment
- £83 (£42 administration + £41 DBS). Requested by email before we submit the DBS application.
- Total including applicable VAT
- £89 (£83 bank transfer + £6 ID check). Includes one ID check.
Important to know
A few details to keep in mind before you begin your application. DBS certificates are personal documents, and the certificate is sent to you rather than to Latimer Tuition. If you subscribe to the DBS Update Service, keep your details current so organisations can check certificate status where appropriate.
- This service is separate from our work as an Employment Agency (Tutoring Agency). A completed DBS does not guarantee tutoring work with Latimer Tuition.
- Your DBS certificate remains your property, is delivered directly to you, and can be used elsewhere, not only at Latimer Tuition.
- If your ID check fails at the first stage, you'll need to re-submit the form to restart the process.
- Processing times vary. For tutors joining Latimer, we leave any needed DBS application until the other onboarding requirements are complete; respond promptly when we ask you to begin it.
- Keep a record of the email address used for the application so we can find your submission quickly if you need help.
Initiate your check
Start your Enhanced DBS application
Use the button below to open the secure application form in a new tab. The form collects the £6 ID-check fee (£5 plus £1 VAT). We then email you to request the remaining £83 by bank transfer before submitting the DBS application. The total is £89 including applicable VAT.
Tutor applications
Applying to tutor with Latimer?
You do not need to arrange a DBS check before applying to tutor with us. Apply first and complete your interview and acceptance tasks. If you need a new check, we address that before client introductions, once it is the final onboarding requirement. Our separate DBS application service is also available on this page.