Policies & safeguarding
Our policies and procedures explain how we keep children safe and well, and how we run the pre-school.
Keeping children safe
All our staff and committee members are DBS checked to work with children, and all staff hold 12-hour paediatric first aid certificates. Our child protection and safeguarding policy, and the procedures that support it, are listed below.
Safeguarding documents
- 06 Child protection and safeguarding policyChild protection & safeguardingVisit website (opens in a new tab)
- 06.01 Visitor or intruder on the premisesChild protection & safeguardingVisit website (opens in a new tab)
- 06.02 Uncollected childChild protection & safeguardingVisit website (opens in a new tab)
- 06.03 Missing childChild protection & safeguardingVisit website (opens in a new tab)
- 06.04 Incapacitated parentChild protection & safeguardingVisit website (opens in a new tab)
- 06.05 Death of a child on-siteChild protection & safeguardingVisit website (opens in a new tab)
- 06.06 Looked after childrenChild protection & safeguardingVisit website (opens in a new tab)
- 06.09 E-safetyChild protection & safeguardingVisit website (opens in a new tab)
- 06.10 Key person supervisionChild protection & safeguardingVisit website (opens in a new tab)
- 06.11 Whistle blowingChild protection & safeguardingVisit website (opens in a new tab)
- 06.12 Safer recruitmentChild protection & safeguardingVisit website (opens in a new tab)
- 06.13 Prevent Duty & promoting British ValuesChild protection & safeguardingVisit website (opens in a new tab)
Our policies
- 0 IntroductionIntroductionVisit website (opens in a new tab)
- 0 Policy and procedures implementation and review policyIntroductionVisit website (opens in a new tab)
- 0.0 Implementation and review procedureIntroductionVisit website (opens in a new tab)
- 01.01 Risk assessmentHealth & safetyVisit website (opens in a new tab)
- 01.02 Group rooms, stair ways and corridorsHealth & safetyVisit website (opens in a new tab)
- 01.03 KitchenHealth & safetyVisit website (opens in a new tab)
- 01.04 Children's bathrooms changing areasHealth & safetyVisit website (opens in a new tab)
- 01.06 Short trips, outings and excursionsHealth & safetyVisit website (opens in a new tab)
- 01.07 OutdoorsHealth & safetyVisit website (opens in a new tab)
- 01.08 Staff cloakroomsHealth & safetyVisit website (opens in a new tab)
- 01.09 Maintenance and repairsHealth & safetyVisit website (opens in a new tab)
- 01.10 Laundry areaHealth & safetyVisit website (opens in a new tab)
- 01.11 Staff personal safetyHealth & safetyVisit website (opens in a new tab)
- 01.12 Threats and abuse towards staff and volunteersHealth & safetyVisit website (opens in a new tab)
- 01.13 Entrances and approach to the buildingHealth & safetyVisit website (opens in a new tab)
- 01.14 Control of Substances Hazardous to HealthHealth & safetyVisit website (opens in a new tab)
- 01.15 Manual handlingHealth & safetyVisit website (opens in a new tab)
- 01.16 Festival (and other) decorationsHealth & safetyVisit website (opens in a new tab)
- 01.17 Jewellery and hair accessoriesHealth & safetyVisit website (opens in a new tab)
- 01.20 Notifiable incident, non-child protectionHealth & safetyVisit website (opens in a new tab)
- 01.21 Terrorist threat attack and lock-downHealth & safetyVisit website (opens in a new tab)
- 01.22 Adverse weatherHealth & safetyVisit website (opens in a new tab)
- 02 Fire safety policyFire safetyVisit website (opens in a new tab)
- 02.01 Fire safetyFire safetyVisit website (opens in a new tab)
- 03 Food safety and nutrition policyFood safety & nutritionVisit website (opens in a new tab)
- 03.01 Food preparation, storage and purchaseFood safety & nutritionVisit website (opens in a new tab)
- 03.02 Food for play and cooking activitiesFood safety & nutritionVisit website (opens in a new tab)
- 03.05 Meeting dietary requirementsFood safety & nutritionVisit website (opens in a new tab)
- 04 Health policyHealthVisit website (opens in a new tab)
- 04.01 Accidents and emergency treatmentHealthVisit website (opens in a new tab)
- 04.02 Administration of medicineHealthVisit website (opens in a new tab)
- 04.03 Life-saving medication and invasive treatmentsHealthVisit website (opens in a new tab)
- 04.04 Allergies and food intoleranceHealthVisit website (opens in a new tab)
- 04.05 Poorly childrenHealthVisit website (opens in a new tab)
- 04.05b Infection control September 22HealthVisit website (opens in a new tab)
- 04.06 Oral healthHealthVisit website (opens in a new tab)
- 05 Promoting inclusion, equality and valuing diversity policyPromoting inclusion, equality and valuing diversityVisit website (opens in a new tab)
- 05.01 Promoting inclusion, equality and valuing diversityPromoting inclusion, equality and valuing diversityVisit website (opens in a new tab)
- 07 Record keeping policyRecord keepingVisit website (opens in a new tab)
- 07.01 Children's records and data protectionRecord keepingVisit website (opens in a new tab)
- 07.01a Privacy NoticeRecord keepingVisit website (opens in a new tab)
- 07.02 Confidentiality, recording and sharing informationRecord keepingVisit website (opens in a new tab)
- 07.03 Client access to recordsRecord keepingVisit website (opens in a new tab)
- 07.04 Transfer of recordsRecord keepingVisit website (opens in a new tab)
- 08 Staff, volunteers and students policyStaff, volunteers and studentsVisit website (opens in a new tab)
- 08.01 Staff deploymentStaff, volunteers and studentsVisit website (opens in a new tab)
- 08.02 Deployment of volunteers and parent helpersStaff, volunteers and studentsVisit website (opens in a new tab)
- 08.03 Student placementStaff, volunteers and studentsVisit website (opens in a new tab)
- 09 Childcare practice policyChildcare practiceVisit website (opens in a new tab)
- 09.01 Waiting list and admissionsChildcare practiceVisit website (opens in a new tab)
- 09.02 AbsenceChildcare practiceVisit website (opens in a new tab)
- 09.03 The role of the key personChildcare practiceVisit website (opens in a new tab)
- 09.04 Settling in and transitionsChildcare practiceVisit website (opens in a new tab)
- 09.05 Establishing children's starting pointsChildcare practiceVisit website (opens in a new tab)
- 09.06 Arrivals and departuresChildcare practiceVisit website (opens in a new tab)
- 09.08 Snack-times and mealtimesChildcare practiceVisit website (opens in a new tab)
- 09.09 Intimate care and nappy changingChildcare practiceVisit website (opens in a new tab)
- 09.12 Promoting positive behaviourChildcare practiceVisit website (opens in a new tab)
- 09.13 Identification, assessment and support for children with SENDChildcare practiceVisit website (opens in a new tab)
- 09.14 Transition to schoolChildcare practiceVisit website (opens in a new tab)
- 09.15 Progress check at age twoChildcare practiceVisit website (opens in a new tab)
- 10 Working in partnership with parents and other agencies policyWorking in partnership with parents and other agenciesVisit website (opens in a new tab)
- 10.01 Working in partnership with parents and other agenciesWorking in partnership with parents and other agenciesVisit website (opens in a new tab)
- 10.02 Complaints procedure for parents and service usersWorking in partnership with parents and other agenciesVisit website (opens in a new tab)
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