Ms George, (pictured), was jailed last year for a minimum of seven years after admitting abusing young children at Little Ted’s, the Plymouth nursery where she worked, and photographing the abuse.
The serious case review by Plymouth Safeguarding Children Board found the nursery to be an ‘ideal’ place for Ms George to abuse, with safeguarding frameworks that were not fit for purpose, unclear lines of accountability and governance and an environment where outside challenge and support was not always welcomed.
Little Ted’s nursery, a not-for-profit setting owned by a committee of trustees, was closed in June 2009 when George was arrested. A new pre-school called Greenshoots opened at the site two months ago.
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