Schools and commissioners: procurement and evidence checklist

Your duties stay with you A directory listing is not approval, accreditation or a substitute for your own due diligence. Use this checklist alongside your local policies.

Evidence to request - Safeguarding lead and current safeguarding policy - Appropriate background checks for staff and volunteers, for your nation and role - Public liability and professional indemnity insurance, with scope and expiry dates - Site and activity risk assessments, including animal-related risk - First-aid cover and emergency procedures - Attendance reporting and how absence is communicated - Incident and complaints procedures - How outcomes or progress are recorded and reported - Transport responsibilities - Any regulatory registration that applies to the service - Contracting terms, invoicing and notice periods

In England Read the Department for Education guidance on alternative provision, which sets out responsibilities for commissioning schools and local authorities.

On Steady Ground Where a provider has shared evidence, its profile shows what was checked, its scope and the date. Anything not supplied is shown as "Not supplied".