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
Policy and procedures implementation and review policy 2024
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
​04.05a Infection_control
04.06 Oral_health
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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
06.0 Safeguarding children young people and vulnerable adults 
​06.02 Low Level concerns and allegations of serious harm or abuse 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

Early Years Practice
09 Early_years_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 
09.04 Prime_times_settling_in_and_transitions
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
10.01 Working_in_partnership_with_parents_and_other_agencies_procedures
10.02 Complaints_procedure_for_parents_and_service_users

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