Single central record: monitoring

Use our checklist to save you time when monitoring your school's single central record (SCR).

Last reviewed on 16 September 2026See updates

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This article is about monitoring your single central record (SCR). See more information about SCR requirements in our other article.

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The checklist includes:

A table to help you monitor whether, when and for which roles checks have been carried out/certificates obtained
A table with prompts for you to record further information and any issues with monitoring and maintaining the SCR (on the final page)

Use our template to indicate where fields on the SCR are incomplete, and record next steps and timeframes for rectifying this.

This is set out in paragraph 347 of Keeping Children Safe in Education (KCSIE) and was confirmed to us by a