❓ A WA parliamentary question seeks clarification on the responsibility for ensuring tutors on school grounds have valid Working with Children Checks (WWCCs), and whether the Department has received complaints regarding tutors without valid WWCCs. The Department confirms receiving complaints and states WWCC information is recorded centrally and locally.
AnsweredQoN 3233Legislative Council
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I refer to tutors providing tutoring on school grounds, and I ask: (a) who is responsible for ensuring that the tutor has a valid Working with Children Check (WWCC); (b) is the answer to (a) different if the tutoring is provided during or outside of school hours; (c) since 2019, has the Department received any complaints about tutors being able to attend school without a valid WWCC; and (d) what oversight is provided by the Department to ensure that all people working on a school site, such as tutors, have valid a WWCC?
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Answered
3 November 2020
Responded by
Minister for Education and Training
Response time
9 days
(a)–(b), (d) The Department of Education records WWCC information centrally and at a local level as per the relevant policies and procedures.
(c) Yes.
(c) Yes.
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