If your chosen course involves contact with children or vulnerable adults such as Health and Social Care and Early Years, you will be asked to complete a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check once you are enrolled in order to attend placement.
Please do not apply for your own DBS, Colchester Institute will set this up for you. We will contact you in July to start the process.
We recommend that you start gathering your 3 forms of ID as soon as possible. You must have 1 form of Group 1 ID. Please see the list below:
Group 1:
| Document | Notes |
| Passport | Worldwide and must be in date or 6 months after expiry date (£94.50 to apply online for 16+ standard UK Passport) |
| Current Driving Licence (full or provisional) | UK, Isle of Man, Channel Islands (£34 to apply for provisional online) |
| Original Birth Certificate (issued within 12 months of birth) | UK, Isle of Man and Channel Islands, a copy can only be accepted as a Group 2 ID |
| Adoption Certificate | UK and Channel Islands |
| Deed Poll Certificate for a name change (This can only be used along with your Original Birth Certificate and counts as one form of ID) | UK, Isle of Man and Channel Islands |
| e-Visa | Accessed via https://www.gov.uk/view-prove-immigration-status The share code requested by the applicant should be a ‘general’ share code beginning with ‘S’. |
Group 2:
| Document | Notes | Requirements |
| Bank or Building Society Statement letter | UK and Channel Islands (in the full name & address of the applicant) | Must be received in post or if printed, must be endorsed with a stamp and signed by your bank in branch – Issued in last 3 months |
| Bank or Building Society account Opening Confirmation letter | UK (in the full name & address of the applicant) | Issued in last 3 months |
| Credit Card Statement letter received in your post | UK (in the full name & address of the applicant) | Issued in last 3 months |
| P45 or P60 Statement letter received in your post | UK and Channel Islands (in the full name of the applicant) Cannot be online document | Issued in last 12 months |
| TOTUM NUS Student Card | UK (Costs £14.99 and includes many other benefits) Apply at https://www.totum.com/proof-of-age-id-card | Must include PASS accreditation logo |
| Cards carrying the PASS accreditation logo | UK, Isle of Man and Channel Islands (in name of applicant and still valid) Apply at https://www.myidcard.co.uk/pass-id-card/ (£15) | |
| European Health Insurance Card (EHIC) or Global Health Insurance Card (GHIC) | UK, (Free, apply at https://www.nhs.uk/using-the-nhs/healthcare-abroad/apply-for-a-free-uk-global-health-insurance-card-ghic/) | Must still be in date |
| Current Driving Licence – (full or provisional) | All countries outside the UK (excluding Isle of Man and Channel Islands) | Must still be in date |
| Birth Certificate issued 12 months after birth or a certified copy of the original | UK, Isle of Man and Channel Islands | |
| Letter received in your post from Head Teacher of previous school/college with your current address | UK – for 16 to 19-year olds in full time education (Colchester Institute cannot provide this for current students) | Issued in the last Month |
| Child Benefit Statement letter received in your post | UK – addressed to parent but must have the applicant’s full name included in the document | Issued in last 12 months |
| Universal Credit Entitlement letter received in your post | A document from Central/Local Government/Government Agency/Local Authority giving entitlement (UK and Channel Islands) | Issued in last 12 months |
