All nurseries would be wise to reflect on their policies and practice, as well as the culture within their settings, in light of the review of the Plymouth child abuse case, says Catherine Rushforth.

Any discussion of the Serious Case Review into the Vanessa George child abuse case by the Plymouth Safeguarding Children Board has to first acknowledge the thoroughness of the report. It represents an excellent analysis of events and a welcome list of recommendations.

The review aimed to analyse what happened, why it happened and how such an event might be prevented in the future. It took an analytical and critical overview on individual, organisational and inter-agency practice. From this I draw some important conclusions:

The nursery operated from a local primary school and a neighbouring church hall (referred to as Z1 and Z2 in the report), while Vanessa George is referred to as K.

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