A woman was arrested after a nursery was shut by Ofsted which said it believed children may be at risk of harm, it has emerged.Wonderland Day Nursery in Wednesbury, West Midlands, had its licence suspended by regulators Ofsted on 13 October.A woman, 38, was arrested in Willenhall on 15 October after police said it received “a report of a care worker ill-treating or wilfully neglecting an individual, at a business in Wednesbury, on 6 October.”A force spokesperson said: “We liaised with other partner agencies and following a thorough investigation by specialist officers a woman was interviewed and dealt with by way of conditional caution.” The nursery has declined to comment.In a report, Ofsted said it had been notified by the nursery on 9 October “about matters relating to suitable people”.It suspended the nursery’s registration because it believed children might be at risk of harm, it said. The suspension allowed time for it and the nursery to take steps to reduce the risk.It later carried out a regulatory visit where it found the nursery provider was not meeting some of its requirements.The nursery was served a welfare requirements notice, a legal notice which requires it to carry out certain actions by 10 November.This included making sure all staff have a secure knowledge of safeguarding and whistleblowing procedures.Wonderland Day Nursery has a right to appeal against the suspension.
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