Well, for once Track has actually done what it was supposed to! Honest!
I applied for Diagnostic, at the start of November, to:
-Leeds (Interviewed pm of 25/11) told to wait till April for result
-Cumbria (Lancaster) (Interviewed 08/12) "wait a fortnight or so"
-Exeter (Interviewed 17/12) "just after xmas"
-Derby (Will be interviewed on 2/2)
-Hertfordshire (Still heard nothing, other than "we've got your application, and Have a happy new year!" Grrr! )
And up until yesterday, what did Track say?
-Leeds <Invitation> updated 15th Nov
-Cumbria (Lancaster) <Nothing!> updated 5th Nov
-Exeter <Nothing!> updated 5th Nov
-Derby <Invitation> updated 15th Nov
-Hertfordshire <Nothing> updated 5th Nov
As you can see, not very useful at all. So I've been a "little put out" shall I say (to keep it clean!) with the endless waiting for, at the very least, it to change to at least acknowledge an interview had taken place, or _something_!!
Then this morning, I get an email saying that there was a change. Finally!!!
The "fortnight or so" wait for Cumbria has been over a month, but then again, better late than never (although with my current experience with Track, there doesn't seem to be much of a difference!)
I've a conditional place which is as good as given: The condition is for a suitable health and criminal check, and seeing as I've worked in Care homes and taught in schools before, as well as most likely only just needing a booster vaccination for my Hep B, then that should be fairly straightforward. The hard part methinks would be the paperwork. Anyone got any idea how lancaster deals with this? I've got a whole stack of previous Disclosure Scotland forms, but I've never dealt with the English CRB before. Someone mentioned Lancaster send out a letter explaining the ways of fulfilling these conditions. Is that before or after acceptance of an offer?
So, although Cumbria isn't my first choice, I now at least know that I'm going somewhere. Hurray!
And for those of you wondering if Track is any good: No it's not. at least not in my experience!
Good luck to the rest of you.