Little Doves Christian Pre-School Policies and Procedures
Introduction
Early years providers must meet all the statutory requirements of the Early Years Foundation Stage and take all necessary steps to keep children safe and well, including by maintaining records, policies and procedures.
As working documents our policies and procedures govern all aspects of our operations and are vital for consistency and quality assurance across the provision. They are available in writing via the links on this page with paper copies available, if requested, from the pre-school manager/deputy.
Our policies describe the approach of operating as an organisation and incorporate current legislation and registration requirements. Our procedures detail the methods by which the policies are implemented. We use the policies and procedures templates issued by the Early Years Alliance and adjust/amend them so that they are accurate to the operations of our pre-school.
In addition to the parents/carers having access to these documents on the website; staff, volunteers and students fully understand and know how to implement the policies and procedures so that everyone knows what actions they need to take in practice to achieve them.
In addition to the Early Years Alliance policies and procedures, which we are required to have in place to meet all the statutory requirements of the Early Years Foundation Stage, there are some additional procedures also included recommended by the Alliance as good practice.
Adopting, implementing and reviewing policies
- Copies of the policies and procedures to be adopted are made available to all parents and staff; giving everyone the opportunity to discuss and fully understand each policy and procedure.
- It is explained to parents, employees and volunteers that the policies contain the rules required for running the setting in a way which complies with the requirements of the EYFS and Ofsted registration and must be adhered to.
- All staff and volunteers are aware of the content of the policies and procedures and their role and responsibility in implementing them.
- Each policy and procedure is continually monitored by collecting evidence about the results of their implementation. The evidence is used to make any necessary changes to the policies and procedures and/or the way they are implemented.
- All staff and parents contribute to the evidence collected and share in decisions about any necessary changes.
- Named/designated persons in the pre-school have a delegated responsibility to make sure that relevant procedures are known by all members of staff and are adhered to, bringing any cause for concern to the pre-school manager’s attention.
If any adaptations are needed to any policy or procedure, it is ensured that it still meets the requirements of the relevant regulations. Little Doves CP has developed further policies, which are not required by regulations but enable a clear direction for any specific issue pertaining to the setting. For example, we have a procedure on sharing the premises with another activity at the hall.
Risk assessment is vital to implementation of many procedures. The pre-school manager ensures that risk assessments as detailed are carried out at least once a year – more if the need arises and will amend or add to the procedures as required. Risk assessment procedures are detailed in procedures, for example, in 01.01 Risk assessment and 02.01 Fire safety.
Please find below all the policies and the relevant procedures for parents/carers; just click on the name of the policy/procedure and the document will open up. A complete set of the procedures is available to read in the pre-school’s Operational Plan, please see the manager or deputy for more details.
00 Introduction
- 00.01 Children's rights and entitlements
- 00.02 Policy and procedures implementation and review policy
- 00.03 Implementation and review procedure
- 00.04 Little Doves CP Aims & Mission Statement
01 Health and safety
- 01 Health and safety policy
- 01.01 Risk assessment
- 01.05 Short trips, outings and excursions
- 01.06 Outdoors
- 01.16 Jewellery and hair accessories
- 01.17 Animals and pets
- 01.18 Face painting and mehndi
- 01.19 Notifiable incident, non-child protection
02 Fire safety
- 02 Fire safety policy
- 02.01 Fire safety
- 02.02 Little Doves CP Fire safety & emergency evacuation
- 02.03 Fire safety floor plan
03 Food safety and nutrition
- 03 Food safety and nutrition policy
- 03.01 Food preparation storage and purchase
- 03.02 Food for play and cooking activities
- 03.03 Snack menu planning and nutrition
- 03.04 Meeting dietary requirements
04 Health
- 04 Health policy
- 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
- 04.04b Peanut and nut awareness letter
- 04.05 Poorly children
- 04.06 Oral health
- 04.07 Infection control policy
- 04.07a Infection control
05 Promoting Inclusion
- 05 Promoting inclusion equality and valuing diversity policy
- 05.01 Promoting inclusion equality and valuing diversity
- 05.02 Vision & inclusion statement
- 05.05 ECC Funding opportunities and procedures and help with child costs
06 Safeguarding
- 06 Safeguarding children young people and vulnerable adults policy
- 06.03 Visitor on the premises
- 06.04 Uncollected child
- 06.05 Missing child
- 06.08 Looked after children
- 06.09 E-safety
- 06.10 Key person supervision
07 Record keeping
- 07 Record keeping policy
- 07.01 Children's records and data protection
- 07.02 Confidentiality, recording and sharing information
- 07.03 Client access to records
- 07.04 Transfer of records
- 07.05 Data breach policy
- 07.06 Data Protection and Privacy Notice
- 07.07 Offsite handling of children's 'Big book of me' learning journal
- 07.10 Use of a professional photographer
- 07.11 Personal device usage
08 Staff
- 08 Staff, volunteers and students policy
- 08.01 Staff deployment
- 08.02 Deployment of volunteers and parent helpers
- 08.03 Student placement
- 08.06 Staff code of conduct
- 08.09 Out of hours babysitting and childminding policy
- 08.13 Whistleblowing procedure
- 08.15 Smoking policy
- 08.20 Induction of employees and volunteers
- 08.21 Anti bribery policy
09 Early years practice
- 09 Early years practice policy
- 09.01 Waiting list and admissions
- 09.01a About our childcare and early education
- 09.01e Fee and payment procedure
- 09.01g Financial hardship procedure
- 09.01h ECC Funding procedure
- 09.02 Absence
- 09.03 Prime times The role of the key person
- 09.04 Prime Times Settling in and transition
- 09.05 Establishing children starting points
- 09.06 Prime times Arrivals and departures
- 09.07 Prime times Snack-times and lunchtimes
- 09.08 Prime times Intimate care and nappy changing
- 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
- 09.12a Our local offer for children with special educational needs and disabilities
- 09.13 Prime times Transition to school
- 09.14 Progress check at age two
- 09.15 Daily routine
- 09.16 Planning procedure
- 09.17 Biting policy
- 09.19 Sun protection policy