The actions that we take: to prevent harm; to promote well being; to create safe environments; to educate on rights, respect and responsibilities; to respond to specific issues and vulnerabilities all form part of the safeguarding responsibilities of the school.
Our Safeguarding policies underpins all our policies relating to the safety and protection of children, it links to other policies which will provide more information and greater detail for specific guidance and procedures.
All of our policies provide Staff with the framework to promote and safeguard the well being of children and in so doing ensure they meet their statutory responsibilities. We demonstrate our commitment to protecting children by ensuring consistent good practice across the preschool.
All our policies are reviewed on a regular basis. A copy of our policies are available on request.
Policies
01 Health and safety policy
01.1 Risk assessment
01.2 Group rooms, stair ways and corridors
01.3 Kitchen
01.4 Children’s bathrooms/changing areas
01.5 Short trips, outings and excursions
01.6 Outdoors
01.7 Staff toilets and areas
01.8 Maintenance and repairs
01.9 Recording and reporting of Accidents, Incidents and Near misses (including procedure for reporting accidents and incidents to the HSE under Riddor requirements)
01.10 Staff personal safety including home visits and agitated parents
01.11 Threats and abuse towards staff and volunteers
01.12 Entrances and approach to the building
01.13 Control of Substances Hazardous to Health (COSHH)
01.14 Manual handling
01.15 Festival (and other) decorations
01.16 Jewellery and hair accessories
01.17 Animals and pets
01.18 Face painting and mehndi
01.19 Notifiable incident, evacuation and Emergency closure procedures, non-child protection
01.20 Emergency Terrorist threat/attack and lock-down
01.21 Closed circuit television (CCTV)
01.22 Laundry area
01 Health and safety – January 2025
02 Fire safety policy
02.1 Fire safety
02 Fire safety policy – January 2025
03 Food safety and nutrition policy
03.1 Food preparation, storage and purchase
03.2 Food for play and cooking activities
03.3 Snack planning, packed lunch and nutrition
03.4 Meeting dietary requirements
03 Food safety and nutrition policy – January 2025
04 Health policy
04.1 Accidents and emergency treatment (including Accident and Serious Injury Timeline)
04.2 Administration of medicine
04.3 Life-saving medication and invasive treatments
04.4 Allergies and food intolerance
04.5 Poorly children
04.5a Infection Control
04.6 Oral health
04.7 Baby and child massage
04.8 Health and Wellbeing – Children (including Well Being Pyramid)
04.9 Health and Wellbeing – Staff
04.10 Hot Weather Guidance
04Health policy – January 2025
05 Promoting inclusion, equality and valuing diversity policy
05.1 Promoting inclusion, equality and valuing diversity
05 Promoting inclusion – January 2025
06 Safeguarding children, young people and vulnerable adults policy
06.1 Responding to safeguarding or child protection concerns including Whistle Blowing
06.02 Low level concerns and allegations of serious harm or abuse against staff, volunteers or agency staff
06.3 Visitor or intruder on the premises
06.4 Uncollected child
06.5 Missing child
06.6 Incapacitated parent
06.7 Death of a child on-site (including Critical Incident Response Timeline and contacting the Emergency Services)
06.8 Looked after children
06.9 E-safety (including all electronic devices with Internet capacity)
6.10 ICT Acceptable Use Policy (including Acceptable Use Agreement for Staff and Volunteers)
6.11 Confidentiality and Social Networking
6.12 Key person supervision
06 Safeguarding children – July 2025
07 Record keeping policy
07.1 Children’s records and data protection
07.2 Confidentiality, recording and sharing information
07.3 Client access to records
07.4 Transfer of records
07.5 Provider records for Charity Status
07.6 Secure storage and disposal of Records
07.7 Secure electronic banking and financial records
07 Record keeping policy – January 2025
08 Staff, volunteers and students policy
08.1 Recruitment Checks
08.2 Staff deployment
08.3 Deployment of volunteers and parent helpers
08.4 Student placement
08.5 Employment (including suitability, contingency plans, training, supervision and deployment)
09 Childcare practice policy
09.1 Waiting list and admissions
09.2 Absence
09.3 The role of the key person
09.4 Settling in and transitions
09.5 Establishing children’s starting points
09.6 Arrivals and departures
09.7 Intimate care and nappy changing
09.8 Snack-times and mealtimes (older children)
09.9 Impromptu sleep and rest time
09.10 Managing separation anxiety in children under 2 years old
09.11 Promoting positive behaviour
09.12 Identification, assessment and support for children with SEND (including Annex)
09.13 Transition to school
09.14 Progress check at age two
09 Early years practice policy – January 2025
10 Working in partnership with parents and other agencies policy
10.1 Working in partnership with parents and other agencies
10.2 Complaints procedure for parents and service users
10Working in partnership with parents and other agencies policy
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