Our Policies

01.01  Risk assessment

 01.02 Group rooms, stairways and corridors 

01.03 Kitchen 

01.04 Children's bathrooms/changing area

01.05 Milk preparation area 

01.06 Short trips, outings and excursions 

01.07 Outdoors

01.08 Staff cloakrooms

01.09 Maintenance and repairs 

01.10 Laundry area

01.11 Staff personal safety 

01.12 Threats and abuse towards staff and volunteers 

01.13 Entrances and approach to the building

01.14 Control of Substances Hazardous to Health  (COSHH)

01.15 Manual handling 

01.16 Festival (and other) decorations 

01.17 Jewellery and hair accessories 

01.18 Animals and pets 

01.19 Face painting and Mehndi 

01.20 Notifiable incident, non-child protection 

01.21 Emergency evacuation and lock-down 

01.22 Close circuit television (CCTV) 

02.01 Fire safety 

03.01 Food preparation, storage and purchase 

03.02 Food for play and cooking activities 

03.03 Milk and baby food preparation and storage 

03.04 Menu planning and nutrition 

03.05 Meeting dietary requirements 

03.06 Breast feeding 

04.01  Accidents and emergency treatment 

04.02 Administration of medicine 

04.03 Life-saving medication and invasive treatments 

04.04 Allergies and food intolerance 

04.05 Poorly children 

04.06 Oral Health 

04.07 Baby and child massage 

05.01 Promoting inclusion, equality and valuing diversity 

06.01 Responding to safeguarding or child protection concerns 

06.02 Concerns and allegations of serious harm or abuse against staff

06.03 Visitor or intruder on the premises

06.04 Uncollected child 

06.05 Missing child

06.06 Incapacitated parent 

06.07 Death of a child on-site 

06.08 Looked after children 

06.09 E-safety 

06.10 Key person supervision 

07.01 Children's records and data protection 

07.02 Confidentiality, record and sharing information 

07.03 Client access to records 

07.04 Transfer of records 

08.01 Recruitment checks 

08.02 Staff deployment 

08.03 Deployment of volunteers and parent helpers 

08.04 Student placement 

09.01 Waiting list and admissions 

09.02 Attendance and absence 

09.03 The role of the key person 

09.04 Settling in and transitions 

09.05 Establishing children's starting points

09.06 Arrivals and departures 

09.07 Baby and and toddler mealtimes 

09.08 Snack times and mealtimes in older children

09.09 Intimate care and nappy changing 

09.10 Sleep and rest time 

09.11 Managing separation anxiety in children under 2 years 

09.12 Promoting positive behaviour 

09.13 Identification, assessment and support for children with SEND 

09.14 Transition to school 

09.15 Progress check at age 2 

10.01 Working in partnership with parents and other agencies 

10.02 Complaints procedure for parents and service users