These Regulations make amendments to the Independent School Standards, as set out in the Schedule to the Education (Independent School Standards) Regulations 2014 (“the 2014 Regulations”). In light of the fact that, because of the coronavirus pandemic, the Department for Education is currently unable to countersign applications for Disclosure and Barring Service checks which the Secretary of State requires to be carried out, the Regulations allow for alternative methods of requesting such checks. They also make associated amendments not directly arising from the coronavirus pandemic, to the 2014 Regulations.