Now 31, woman tells of shying away from teaching jobs because of criminal record checks flagging up minor incident
Natasha* was 16 when she was reported to the police while standing outside a fish and chip shop with a noisy group of friends.
Mortified at having to explain, she spent her early 20s shying away from applying for jobs she would have loved – and was turned down for others.one of more than 11,000 people whose childhood criminal records When she was 21, and already working as a dance instructor, a PE teacher post came up at a nearby school but she decided not to apply.
Natasha thinks the system needs urgent reform. “We’re looking at a lot of people that have just got petty things that happened years and years ago on their record. I think the government should try and find a way that they can let it go now.”
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