Our Policies

Name of policy

1. Health and safety policy

   • risk assessment, group room and corridors, kitchen, children bathroom and changing areas, short trips and outings, outdoors, staff toilets, maintenance and repairs, laundry area, staff personal safety area, threats and abuse towards staff and volunteers, entrances and approach to the building, control of substances hazardous to health, manual handling, festivals and decorations, jewelry and hair accessories, animal and pets, face painting and mehndi, notifiable incidents non child protection, terrorist attack and lock down.

2. Fire safety policy 

   • fire safety and emergency evacuation procedure, evacuation poster.

3. Food safety policy 

   • food preparation, storage, and purchase. Food for play and cooking activities. Menu planning and nutrition. Meeting dietary requirements.

4. Health policy 

   • accidents and emergency treatment, administration of medicine, health care plan, lifesaving medication and invasive treatment, allergies and food intolerance, poorly children, oral health.

5. Promoting inclusion, equality and valuing diversity policy 

   • Equality procedures, 

6. Safeguarding policy 

   • responding to safeguarding or child protection concerns, Low level concerns and allegations of serious harm or abuse against staff, volunteers or agency staff, visitor or intruder on the premises, uncollected child, missing child, incapacitated parent, death of a child on site. Looked after children, care plan for looked after children, E-Safety, keyperson supervision. 

7. Record keeping policy 

   • children’s records and data protection, privacy notice, confidentiality and recording and sharing information, client access to records, transfer of records.

8. Staff, volunteers and student policy

   •  Staff deployment, deployment of volunteers and parent helpers, student placement, recruitment checks.

9. Early years practice policy

   • early years practice procedures, about our childcare and education, absence, the role of the keyperson, settling in and transitions, establishing children’s starting points, arrivals and departures, snack and meal times, intimate care and nappy changing, sleep and rest time, promoting positive behaviour, identification and assessment and support for children with SEND, SEN support action plan, transition to school/setting, progress check at age two,  

10. Working in partnership with parents and other agencies procedures.

11. Complaints procedure for parents and service users.

12. Whistle-Blowing policy.

13. Capability policy.

14. Disciplinary procedure.

15. Grievance policy.

16. Sickness policy.

17. Smoking policy.

18. Menopause policy.

19. Admissions policy