Ms George was jailed last year for a minimum of seven years after admitting abusing 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 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.
The review found that George, (pictured), was considered to be in a position of power within the staff group at the nursery, meaning that staff who had become concerned about her behaviour, which included showing indecent images of adults on her phone and using crude language, felt they were unable to challenge her.
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