Police caution.

[catnao]

I thought they always showed up on a CRB, as I got one when a louche young woman, and when I did my teacher training was told this was the case. Three CRB checks later, for my three teaching jobs, and having declared said caution, and in the cautions and misdemeanours bit "none recorded".

Because of this, last CRB I asked my head, and he said to cross the box saying "no" to "do you have any etc". Then got a letter to school and phone call asking me to prove my identity via finger prints, as someone with my name and details had come up on the system. Spoke to a woman at CRB, explained circs of my (in my view unjustified arrest, after which I made a complaint about an officer with the Met). She basically confirmed that yes, what I had told her tallied with her screen.

Then, about a fortnight later, my new CRB arrived. "None recorded". What's going on???

'And I agree with MillyR completely - if the caution is not being deemed relevant and the forms always come back with "none recorded" (which I am glad about!), why should I have to tell my employers about this minor incident 9 years ago?'

because if your post is exempt from the rehabilitation of offenders act - which as far as i am aware teaching is - then you have to declare everything regardless of whether a conviction or caution is spent. as i said earlier this generally applies if you are in a job that requires an enhanced crb check.

if the conviction is one that is irrelevant then it will appear as none recorded. in some cases convictions will appear on an enhanced crb even though in normal circumstances the conviction would be spent.

trust me, i felt very daft having to put down driving convictions (not wearing seatbelt) from years ago. but when they say declare everything they do mean everything.

I thought that an enhanced check would show a caution and so it is never gone.

My bind over from 8 years ago came up on an enhanced check. Fortunately didn't stop me working as a lawyer.

Cautions are not wiped off the record and are always available for a CRB check but the police decide whether to include it on the clearance depending on the nature of the caution. If it is totally unrelated to your job then they might not include it. BUT you should always declare anyway as the next person clearing you might decide it is relevant.