Policies and Procedures

Introduction

0. Introduction of Policies and Procedures 2025-26
0 Policies and Procedure Introduction [2[...]
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0.0 Implementation and Review 2025-26
0.0 Implementation and review [25].docx
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Early Years Practice

1. Early Years Practice Policy 2025-26
01 Early years practice policy [25].docx
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1.1 Waiting List and Admissions 2025-26
01.01 Waiting list and admissions [25].d[...]
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1.1a About our Childcare and Early Education 2025-26
01.01a About our childcare and early edu[...]
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1.1b Application To Join 2025-26
01.01b Application to join [25].docx
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1.1c Childcare and Early Education Registration 2025-26
01.01c Childcare and early education reg[...]
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1.1d Childcare and Early Education Terms and Conditions 2025-26
01.01d Childcare and early education ter[...]
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1.2 Attendance and Absence 2025-26
01.02 Attendance and Absence [25].docx
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1.3 Prime Times - The Role of the Key Person 2025-26
01.03 Prime times The role of the key pe[...]
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1.4 Prime Times - Settling In and Transitions 2025-26
01.04 Prime times Settling in and transi[...]
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1.5 Establishing Children's Starting Points 2025-26
01.05 Establishing childrens starting po[...]
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1.6 Prime Times - Arrivals and Departures 2025-26
01.06 Prime times Arrivals and departure[...]
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1.7 Prime Times - Snack and Mealtimes 2025-26
01.07 Prime times Snack-times and mealti[...]
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1.8 Prime Times - Intimate Care and Nappy Changing 2025-26
01.08 Prime times Intimate care and napp[...]
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1.9 Promoting Positive Behaviour 2025-26
01.09 Promoting positive behaviour [25].[...]
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1.10 Progress Check at Age Two 2025-26
01.10 Progress check at age two [25].doc[...]
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1.11 Identification, Assessment and Support for Children with SEND 2025-26
01.11 Identification, assessment and sup[...]
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1.11a SEN Support Initial Record of Concern 2025-26
01.11a SEN Support Initial record of con[...]
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1.11b SEN Support Action Plan 2025-26
01.11b SEN Support Action plan [25].docx
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1.12 Prime Times Transition to School 2025-26
09.12 Prime times Transition to school [[...]
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Fire Saftey

2. Fire Safety Policy 2025-26
02 Fire safety policy [25].docx
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2.1 Fire Safety 2025-26
02.01 Fire safety [25].docx
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2.1 Fire Safety Risk Assessment Form 2025-26
02.01a Fire safety risk assessment form [...]
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Food Safety and Nurition

3. Food Safety and Nutrition Policy 2025-26
03 Food safety and nutrition policy [25][...]
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3.1 Food Preparation, Storage and Purchase 2025-26
03.01 Food preparation, storage and purc[...]
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3.2 Food for Play and Cooking Activities 2025-26
03.02 Food for play and cooking activiti[...]
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3.3 Menu Planning and Nutrition 2025-26
03.03 Menu planning and nutrition [25].d[...]
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3.4 Meeting Dietary Requirements 2025-26
03.04 Meeting dietary requirements [25].[...]
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Health

4. Health Policy and Procedure 2025-26
04 Health policy [25].docx
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4.1 Accidents and Emergency Treatments 2025-26
04.01 Accidents and emergency treatment [...]
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4.2 Administration of Medicine 2025-26
04.02 Administration of medicine [25].do[...]
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4.2a Health Care Plan 2025-26
04.02a Health care plan [25].docx
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4.3 Life-Saving Medication and Invasive Treatments 2025-26
04.03 Life-saving medication and invasiv[...]
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4.4 Allergies and Food Intolerance 2025-26
04.04 Allergies and food intolerance [25[...]
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4.5 Poorly Children 2025-26
04.05 Poorly children [25].docx
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4.5a Infection Control 2025-26
04.05a Infection control [25].docx
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4.6 Oral Health 2025-26
04.06 Oral health [25].docx
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Equality and Inclusion

5. Promoting Inclusion, Equality, Valuing Diversity Policy 2025-26
05 Promoting inclusion, equality and val[...]
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5.1 Promoting Inclusion, Equality and Valuing Diversity 2025-26
05.01 Promoting inclusion^J equality and[...]
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Safeguarding

6. Safeguarding Children, Young People and Vulnerable Adults Policy 2025-26
06.00 Safeguarding children, young peopl[...]
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6.1 Responding to Safeguarding or Children Protection Concerns 2025-26
06.01 Responding to safeguarding or chil[...]
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6.1a Child Welfare and Protection Summary 2025-26
06.01a Child welfare and protection summ[...]
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6.1b Safeguarding Incident Reporting From 2025-26
06.01b Safeguarding incident reporting f[...]
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6.1c Confidential Safeguarding Incident Form 2025-26
06.01c Confidential safeguarding inciden[...]
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6.2 Concerns Allegations of Serious Harm or Abuse against Staff, Volunteers or Agency Staff 2025-26
06.02 Concerns allegations of serious ha[...]
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6.3 Visitor or Intruder on the Premises 2025-26
06.03 Visitor or intruder on the premise[...]
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6.4 Uncollected Child 2025-26
06.04 Uncollected child [25].docx
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6.5 Missing Child 2025-26
06.05 Missing child [25].docx
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6.6 Incapacitated Parent 2025-26
06.06 Incapacitated parent [25].docx
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6.7 Death of a Child On-Site 2025-26
06.07 Death of a child on-site [25].docx
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6.8 Looked After Children 2025-26
06.08 Looked after children [25].docx
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6.8a Care Plan for Looked After Children 2025-26
06.08a Care plan for looked after childr[...]
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6.9 E-Safety 2025-26
06.09 E-safety [25].docx
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6.10 Key Person Supervision 2025-26
06.10 Key person supervision [25].docx
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Record Keeping

7. Record Keeping 2025-26
07 Record keeping policy [25].docx
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7.1 Children's Records and Data Protection 2025-26
07.01 Children's records and data protec[...]
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7.1a Privacy Notice 2025-26
07.01a Privacy Notice [25].docx
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7.2 Confidentiality, Recording and Sharing Information 2025-26
07.02 Confidentiality, recording and sha[...]
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7.3 Client Access to Records 2025-26
07.03 Client access to records [25].docx
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7.4 Transfer of Records 2025-26
07.04 Transfer of records [25].docx
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Staff, Volunteers and Students

8. Staff, Volunteers and Students' Policy 2025-26
08 Staff, volunteers and students policy[...]
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8.1 Recruitment Check 2025-26
08.01 Recruitment Checks [25].docx
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8.2 Staff Deployment 2025-26
08.02 Staff deployment [25].docx
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8.3 Deployment of Volunteers and Parents 2025-26
08.03 Deployment of volunteers and paren[...]
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8.4 Student Placement 2025-26
08.04 Student placement [25].docx
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Health and Safety

9. Health and Safety Policy 2025-26
09 Health and safety policy [25].docx
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9.1 Risk Assessment 2025-26
09.01 Risk assessment [25].docx
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9.1a Generic Risk Assessment Form 2025-26
09.01a Generic risk assessment form [25][...]
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9.1b Access Audit Form 2025-26
09.01b Access audit form [25].docx
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9.2 Group Rooms and Corridors 2025-26
09.02 Group rooms, stair ways and corrid[...]
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9.3 Kitchen 2025-26
09.03 Kitchen [25].docx
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9.4 Children's Bathrooms/Changing Areas 2025-26
09.04 Children's bathrooms changing area[...]
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9.6 Short Trips, Outings and Excursions 2025-26
09.06 Short trips, outings and excursion[...]
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9.7 Outdoors 2025-26
09.07 Outdoors [25].docx
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9.9 Maintenance and Repairs 2025-26
09.09 Maintenance and repairs [25].docx
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9.11 Staff Personal Safety 2025-26
09.11 Staff personal safety [25].docx
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9.12 Threats and Abuse Towards Staff and Volunteers 2025-26
09.12 Threats and abuse towards staff an[...]
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9.13 Entrances and Approach to the Building 2025-26
09.13 Entrances and approach to the buil[...]
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9.14 Control of Substances Hazardous to Health 2025-26
09.14 Control of Substances Hazardous to[...]
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9.15 Manual Handling 2025-26
09.15 Manual handling [25].docx
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9.16 Festival and other Decorations 2025-26
09.16 Festival (and other) decorations [[...]
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9.17 Jewellery and Hair Accessories 2025-26
09.17 Jewellery and hair accessories [25[...]
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9.18 Animals and Pets 2025-26
09.18 Animals and pets [25].docx
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9.19 Face Painting and Mehndi 2025-26
09.19 Face painting and mehndi [25].docx
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9.20 Notifiable Incident Non-Child Protection 2025-26
09.20 Notifiable incident non-child prot[...]
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9.21 Emergency Evacuation and Lock-Down 2025-26
09.21 Emergency evacuation and lock-down[...]
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Working In Partnership

10. Working in Partnership with Parents/Carers and other Agencies Policy 2025-26
10 Working in partnership with parents a[...]
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Working in Partnership with Parents/Carers and other Agencies 2025-26
10.01 Working in partnership with parent[...]
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10.2 Complaints Procedure for Parents and Carers 2025-26
10.02 Complaints procedure for parents^J[...]
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