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Require DBS checks for all staff in Soft Play centres.

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We want the Government to amend safeguarding legislation so that all staff working in Soft Play environments are required to undergo DBS checks, ensuring consistent child protection standards across all childcare and play settings, and closing what we see as a clear safeguarding gap in current law.

Bridget Phillipson

Bridget Phillipson

Education Secretary

Soft Play staff DBS gap
Child staff interactions unsupervised
Child sexual abuse prevalence estimate
Align soft play with schools
Close institutional child vulnerability spaces

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Require DBS checks for all staff in Soft Play centres.

National

We want the Government to amend safeguarding legislation so that all staff working in Soft Play environments are required to undergo DBS checks, ensuring consistent child protection standards across all childcare and play settings, and closing what we see as a clear safeguarding gap in current law.

Bridget PhillipsonBridget Phillipson
Soft Play staff DBS gap
Child staff interactions unsupervised
Child sexual abuse prevalence estimate
Align soft play with schools
Close institutional child vulnerability spaces

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