Westwood Farm Pre-School
Our Policies
1.0 Child Protection
1.1 Children’s rights and entitlements
1.2 Safeguarding children and child protection
1.3 Looked after children
1.4 Uncollected child
1.5 Missing child
1.6 E-safety (Inc. mobile phones and cameras)
1.7 Whistleblowing
1.8 Terrorist threat or attack and Lockdown procedure
1.9 Allegations against staff, volunteers or agency staff
2.0 Suitable People
2.1 Employment
2.2 Student placements
2.3 Staff deployment
3.0 Staff Qualifications, Training, Support and Skills
3.1 Induction of employees and volunteers
3.2 Accident and emergency treatment
4.0 Key Person
4.1 The role of the key person and setting in
5.0 Staff
5.1 Staffing
5.2 Staff personal safety
5.3 Threats and abuse towards staff and volunteers
6.0 Health
6.1 Administering medicines
6.2 Managing children who are sick, infectious or with allergies
6.3 Recording and reporting of accidents and incidents
6.4 Intimate care and nappy changing
6.5 Food and drink
6.6 Food hygiene
6.7 Food for play and cooking activities
6.8 Oral Health
7.0 Managing Behaviour
7.1 Promoting positive behaviour
8.0 Safety and Suitability of Premises, Environment and Equipment
8.1 Health and safety general standards
8.2 Maintaining children’s safety and security on premises
8.3 Supervision of children on outings and visits
8.4 Risk Assessment
8.5 Fire safety and emergency evacuation
8.6 Coronavirus (Covid 19)
8.7 No smoking
8.8 Staff personal safety including home visits
8.9 Emergency closure
8.10 Visitor or intruder on premises
9.0 Equal Opportunities
9.1 Promoting inclusion, equality and valuing diversity
9.2 Supporting children with special educational needs
9.3 British Values
10.0 Information and Records
10.1 Admissions
10.2 Transitions
10.5 Parental involvement
10.6 Children’s records and data protection
10.7 Providers records
10.8 Transfer of records to school
10.9 Confidentiality, recording and sharing information
10.9a Client access to records
10.10 Information sharing
10.11 Working in partnership with other agencies
10.12 Complaints procedure for parents and service users
10.13 Payments of fees