Nursery World - What's taking so long?

By Ruth in Chesterfield, Derbyshire, who hopes to be a childminder soon Last July I applied to be a childminder. I sent the completed forms to Ofsted, together with details about my husband, as required. In early September I had my on-site visit by a house inspector from Ofsted, who passed my application, said she would sign the criminal records details and said to expect the finished paperwork from the Criminal Records Bureau by the end of that month. At the end of October I contacted the CRB to be told the signature was not verified and that my application was returned to Ofsted in Nottingham on 5 October. Ofsted said the application had been 'lost', then found when they realised it was on a desk after all. Staff hadn't realised the verification signature was not on the CRB records and they promised to sort it all out within a month.

At the end of October I contacted the CRB to be told the signature was not verified and that my application was returned to Ofsted in Nottingham on 5 October. Ofsted said the application had been 'lost', then found when they realised it was on a desk after all. Staff hadn't realised the verification signature was not on the CRB records and they promised to sort it all out within a month.

In November I phoned the CRB to check if my application was going through.

It had been checked, then sent to a third party, who they refused to name.

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