[2024] UKUT 440 (AAC)

We conclude that the Disclosure and Barring Service’s (i.e. the Respondent’s) decision does not involve any material mistake of fact or error of law, which are the only bases on which we can interfere with that decision. Accordingly, we have no option but to confirm the Respondent’s decision to include the Appellant on the Children’s Barred List and the Adults’ Barred List.

We appreciate this decision will be a considerable disappointment to the Appellant. We wish to record at the outset that we were impressed by the way the Appellant has conducted his appeal. However, the right of appeal in safeguarding cases is limited in the way summarised in the previous paragraph. In particular, the decision as to whether it is “appropriate” to bar a person carries no right of appeal to the Upper Tribunal.