Pre-school Policies

Pre-school Policies

Policies and Procedures are available to read in Little Hearts Pre-school.If you wish to have a personal copy please contact the Early Years team on 07789 292110, copies can also be emailed.

Any parents/carers wishing to contribute or make any comments about policies please contact us.

• Absence management
• Administering medicines
• Admissions
• Animals in the setting
• Application to join
• Arrivals and departures
• British values
• Channel vulnerability assessment framework (HMG)
• Childcare terms and conditions
• Children’s records
• Children’s rights and entitlements
• Confidentiality and client access to records
• Critical incident
• Educare – Promoting Positive Behaviour certificates
• Emergency evacuation procedure
• Employment
• Example of risk assessments for outings
• Fire drill record log
• Fire safety and emergency evacuation
• First aid
• First aid box checklist
• Food and drink
• Food hygiene
• Gateshead’s Area Special Educational Needs Co-ordinators
• Guidance on infection control in schools and other childcare settings (PHE)
• Hand, foot and mouth (PHE)
• Health and safety general standards
• Individual health plan
• Induction of employees and volunteers
• Information sharing
• Information sharing (HMG)
• Legionnaires disease (HSE)
• Looked after children
• Looking after children and those in early years settings during heatwaves (PHE)
• Maintaining children’s safety and security on premises
• Making a complaint
• Managing children who are sick, infectious, or with allergies
• Medical information
• Missing child
• Nappy changing
• Nappy changing record form
• No smoking
• Non-attending child
• Notification of leaving
• Online safety inc mobile phones and cameras
• Parental involvement
• Promoting positive behaviour
• Prospectus
• Provider records
• Recording and reporting of accidents and incidents
• Registration form
• Risk assessment
• Safeguarding children, young people and vulnerable adults
• Schedule of fees
• Separated Families
• Staff development and training
• Staff personal safety including home visits
• Staffing (group provision)
• Student placements
• Supervision of children on outings and visits
• Supervisions
• Supporting children with special educational needs
• The prevent duty (DfE)
• The role of the key person and settling in
• Transfer of records to school and transitions
• Uncollected child
• Valuing diversity and promoting inclusion and equality
• Well-being and involvement in care
• Whistleblowing
• Working in partnership with other agencies