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JCrakers
16-04-2015, 06:02 PM
My Son turned 16 last week and Ive received forms to fill on for his DBS. I cant believe that Ive got to shell out £52 for it :mad:

But it mentions something about £13 a year? Something about an update service

Anyone know If this needs to be paid also?

Amanda70
16-04-2015, 07:51 PM
Yes unfortunately it does

k1rstie
16-04-2015, 08:18 PM
My daughter turns 16 at the end of the summer term. Did your form just turn up, or did you have to ask for them?

JCrakers
17-04-2015, 11:04 AM
Info from Ofsted comes automatically in the post.

So I do have to pay the £13 a year Amanda?

FussyElmo
17-04-2015, 11:19 AM
Info from Ofsted comes automatically in the post.

So I do have to pay the £13 a year Amanda?

Yes you have to sign up for the update service. There is a deadline to it I think it's 19 days. If you miss it you will have to do the dbs again

JCrakers
17-04-2015, 11:23 AM
Yes you have to sign up for the update service. There is a deadline to it I think it's 19 days. If you miss it you will have to do the dbs again

:mad: Cant believe it, I know its only £13 but still mad about paying.

k1rstie
17-04-2015, 11:52 AM
When you get your reply giving you your reference number beginning with an 'E', there is a link so you can pay for your updates. It means that you are actually paying earlier than you need to, if for example your check takes 4 months to arrive, but at least it means that you will not miss the 19 day deadline at the end.
I do have a friend who missed the 19 day deadline for their daughter, as the letter took so long to actually arrive after being printed. She was told who would have to reapply and pay again. ( she did cause merry hell, and it was resolved without a further cost)

Amanda70
17-04-2015, 02:28 PM
Info from Ofsted comes automatically in the post.

So I do have to pay the £13 a year Amanda?

Hi yes, when you apply for the DBS you will be given the option to apply for the update service as well. Even though you will have to pay the $13 up front the update service will only start from the date the DBS is printed so you will get the 12 months