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Staff and children of an East Kilbride nursery welcomed the Minister for Children and Young People Natalie Don-Innes to showcase their "improvement journey". ‌

Back in February 2020 Little Scholars Nursery was graded 'Adequate' by the Care Inspectorate which resulted in the nursery falling below the National Standard. ‌

Contributing factors that had caused the nursery to fall below standard included the Covid pandemic, inexperienced former management and staff not having defined roles of responsibility. ‌

New manager Ann Marie Kennedy took up post in January 2021 and started to build relationships with staff, children and parents and Little Scholars was put forward by South Lanarkshire Council to engage in the Care Inspectorate Improvement programme to support the

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