The serious case review into Vanessa George's abuse of nursery children at Little Ted's, held by Plymouth Safeguarding Children Board, makes for sobering and instructive reading (see News, page 3).
The review found that the nursery 'provided an ideal environment' for George to be able to carry out her abuse, with its lack of staff supervision, confused accountability, poor recruitment procedures and lack of knowledge of safeguarding practice.
The vast majority of nurseries are much better than this, of course, and to some extent you could argue that George's evil behaviour could have slipped through many nets, and that the responsibility for what happened lies ultimately with her.
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