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CRB speeds up checks for teachers
By Alison Mercer,
Nursery World,
29 August 2002
The Professional Association of Nursery Nurses gave a cautious welcome to news last week that the Criminal Records Bureau is to speed up processing checks on teachers and other school staff to clear the backlog of 23,000 applications by the start of the new term. But PANN professional officer Tricia Pritchard said nurseries should not be sidelined. 'Children in nurseries are just as vulnerable as those in schools, if not more so. The CRB must face up to its responsibilities and process all applications in time.'
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