endent schools, including academies and free schools, must check that a person taking up a management position as described at paragraph 261 is not subject to a section128 direction made by the Secretary of State • all schools must ensure that an applicant to be employed to carry out teaching work71 is not subject to a prohibition order issued by the Secretary of State (see paragraph 258) for prohibition checks or any sanction or restriction imposed 66 See the status checking section of the DBS update service employer guide 67 A separate barred list check is not available to these providers. As such they should not allow an individual to start work in regulated activity until they obtain an enhanced DBS plus barred list check. 68 Education (Health Standards) (England) Regulations 2003 69 See legislation.gov.uk section 60 of the Equality Act 2010. 70 16-19 Academies, Special Post-16 institutions and Independent Training Providers should - verify the candidate’s mental and physical fitness to carry out their work responsibilities, check the person’s right to work in the UK; make further checks if the candidate has lived or worked outside the UK and verify professional qualifications where appropriate. 71 Each of the following activities is teaching work for the purposes of The Teachers’ Disciplinary (England) Regulations 2012: planned and preparing lessons and courses for pupils; delivering lessons to pupils; assessing the development, progress and attainment of pupils; and reporting on the development, progress and attainment of pupils. 65 (that remains current) by the GTCE (see paragraph 260), before its abolition in March 2012 • before employing a person to carry out teaching work in relation to children, colleges must 72 take reasonable steps to establish whether that