Our Policies

If your child is joining Pre-school, please familiarise yourself with our policies for delivering the highest quality care for your child. You can also download an index of all our policies here  with details of when they were last updated.

Policy and Procedures Implementation and Review
0_Policy and Procedures Implementation and Review
0.0 Implementation and Review Procedure

Health and Safety
01 Health_and_safety_policy
01.01_Risk_assessment
01.02_Group_rooms_stair_ways_and_corridors
01.03_Kitchen
01.04_Childrens_bathrooms_changing_areas
01.06_Short_trips_outings_and_excursions
01.07_Outdoors
01.08_Staff_cloakrooms
01.09_Maintenance_and_repairs
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
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  

Fire Safety
02_Fire_safety_policy

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
03.04_Menu_planning_and_nutrition
03.05_Meeting_dietary_requirements

​Health
04_Health_policy
04.01_Accidents_and_emergency_treatment
04.02_Administration_of_medicine
04.02a_Health_care_plan
04.03_Life-saving_medication_and_invasive_treatments
04.04_Allergies_and_food_intolerance
04.05_Poorly_children
04.06_Oral_health
Epidemic and Pandemic - Parents and Children (updated August 2021)
Epidemic and Pandemic - Staff (updated August 2021)
Covid Risk Assessment - August 2001

Promoting Inclusion, equality and valuing diversity
05_Promoting_inclusion_equality_and_valuing_diversity_policy
05.01_Promoting_inclusion_equality_and_valuing_diversity

Safeguarding children, young people and vulnerable adults
06_Safeguarding_children_young_people_and_vulnerable_adults_policy
06.01_Responding_to_safeguarding_or_child_protection_concerns
​06.02_Allegations_against_staff_volunteers_or_agency_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
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Record Keeping
07_Record_keeping_policy
07.01_Childrens_records_and_data_protection
07.01a_Privacy_notice
07.02_Confidentiality_recording_and_sharing_information
07.03_Client_access_to_records
07.04_Transfer_of_records
07.5_Learning_journal_-_tapestry

Staff, volunteers and students
08_Staff_volunteers_and_students_policy
08.02_Deployment_of_volunteers_and_parent_helpers
08.03_Student_placement.
08.4_Staff_well-being

Childcare Practice
09_Childcare_practice
09.01_Waiting_list_and_admissions.
09.01d_Childcare_terms_and_conditions.
09.02_Absence.
09.03_Prime_times_of_the_role_of_the_key_person.
09.05_Establishing_childrens_starting_points.
09.06_Prime_times_arrivals_and_departures.
09.08 Prime_times_-_snack-times_and_mealtimes
09.09_Prime_times_-_intimate_care_and_nappy_changing
09.10_Prime_times_-sleep_and_rest_time.
09.12_Promoting_positive_behaviour.
09.13_Identification_assessment_and_support_for_children_with_send.
09.14_Prime_times_-_transition_to_school.
09.15_Progress_check_at_age_two.

Working in partnership with parents and other agencies
10_Working_in_partnership_with_parents_and_other_agencies_policy.
10.02_Complaints_procedure_for_parents_and_service_users.

Appendices
Storage of Information Declaration
fe11_privacy_notice.docx- Bucks County Council Privacy Notice