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Policies and procedures are essential to helping us ensure we provide you with the best quality childcare provision that is compliant with the Statutory Framework for the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS). These documents explain to staff and parents/carers what type of childcare we offer at Ducklings Pre-school and the actions we take to achieve this. 

The EYFS requires providers to have written policies and procedures and to provide staff with training at their induction to ensure they fully understand, and know how to implement, the policies and procedures.

Each of our policies and procedures is updated as required when legislation or guidance changes. Our staff and committee review and adopt all changes to the policies and procedures as part of their continual professional development training.

Our policies and procedures are available in hard copy to all parents/carers of Ducklings children, please ask a member of staff. Electronic copies, in accordance with the Contents, can be accessed below:

CONTENTS
01        Health and safety policy

01.1     Risk assessment

01.1a   Generic risk assessment form

01.1b   Access audit form

01.2     Group rooms, stair ways and corridors

01.3     Kitchen

01.4     Children’s bathrooms/changing areas

01.5     Milk kitchen (N/A)

01.6     Short trips, outings and excursions

01.7     Outdoors

01.8     Staff cloakrooms

01.9     Maintenance and repairs

01.10   Laundry area (N/A)

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   Closed circuit television (CCTV) (N/A)
 

02        Fire safety policy

02.1     Fire safety

02.1a   Fire safety risk assessment form

02.2     Fire Evacuation
 

03        Food safety and nutrition policy

03.1     Food preparation, storage and purchase

03.2     Food for play and cooking activities

03.3     Milk and baby food preparation and storage (N/A)

03.4     Menu planning and nutrition

03.5     Meeting dietary requirements

03.6     Breast feeding (N/A)
 

04        Health policy

04.1     Accidents and emergency treatment

04.2     Administration of medicine

04.2a   Health care plan form

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
 

05        Promoting inclusion, equality and valuing diversity policy

05.1     Promoting inclusion, equality and valuing diversity

06        Safeguarding children, young people and vulnerable adults policy

06.1     Responding to safeguarding or child protection concerns

6.1a Safeguarding child protection concern form

06.2     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

06.8     Looked after children

6.8a Care plan for looked after children form

06.9     E-safety

6.10     Key person supervision

07        Record keeping policy

07.1     Children’s records and data protection

07.1a   Privacy notice

07.2     Confidentiality, recording and sharing information

07.3     Client access to records

07.4 Transfer of records

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08        Staff, volunteers, assistants 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     Expenses

 

09        Early years practice policy

09.1     Waiting list and admissions

09.1a   About our childcare

09.1b   Application to join

09.1c   Early educations and childcare registration form

09.1d   Early education and childcare terms and conditions

09.2     Absence

09.3     Prime times – The role of the key person

09.4     Prime times – Settling in and transitions

09.5     Establishing children’s starting points

09.6     Prime times – Arrivals and departures

09.7     Prime times – Baby and toddler mealtimes (N/A)

09.8     Prime times – Snack-times and mealtimes (older children)

09.9     Prime times – Intimate care and nappy changing

09.10   Prime times – Sleep and rest time

09.11   Managing separation anxiety in children under 2 years old (N/A)

09.12   Promoting positive behaviour

09.13   Identification, assessment and support for children with SEND

09.13a SEN Support: Initial record of concern form

09.13b SEN Support: Action plan

09.14   Prime times – Transition to school

09.15   Progress check at age two

09.15a Progress check at age two form

 

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