2008/9/10 Chris McKenna cmckenna@sucs.org:
Actually, although they /should/ not be time consumiong, I have a friend who had to wait 4 months for a CRB check (she needed it as a volunteer for a local holiday playscheme). Although this isn't the norm, it's far from unusual.
Yeah, especially at the start of the academic year - remember a few years ago there was a great panic in early August when they tried to recheck all teachers?
FWIW, I think mine took a good month, possibly two, to clear. Applying isn't hard, getting a timely response might be.