Yousaf had claimed that the Little Scholars Day Nursery, in Boughty Ferry near Dundee, had rejected applications for children with Muslim names, including his two-year-old daughter Amal, while accepting children with “white, Scottish-sounding names”.
The Care Inspectorate has upheld his complaint and ordered the nursery to make improvements to its admissions process by 12 December.
However, the nursery has vowed to challenge the ruling and described the inspectorate's statement as "highly misleading".
The inspectorate wants to see “consistent and robust systems are introduced to manage admission requests so that these are processed in a transparent and equitable manner and in line with the aims and objectives of the services”.
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