Our policies and procedures have been carefully written to provide a good quality of care, ensuring child are kept healthy and safe whilst at the nursery.

All of our policies focus on providing the safest possible environment for young children. Our policies are updated regularly to suit the needs of the children and are available for you to see.

All members of staff are fully trained and familiarised with the nursery policies and procedures throughout the year.

Child protection/safeguarding

• Child protection/safeguarding children
• Professional Abuse

Medical support

• Accidents and first aid
• Medication
• Immunisation
• Sickness and illness
• Infection control
• Allergies and allergic reactions
• Sun care

Equality and inclusion

• Looked after children 
• Dealing with discriminatory behaviour

Supporting individual children

• Promoting positive behaviour
• Biting
• Early learning opportunities statement
• Special educational needs (SEN)
• Settling in
• Transitions
• Separated family
• Intimate care
• Safe care and practice
• Nappy changing
• Outdoor play
• Babies and toddlers
• Use of dummies in nursery
• Bereavement

Food and nutrition

• Nutrition and mealtimes

Partnerships with parents

• Parents and carers as partners
• Abusive parents
• Complaints and compliments
• Access and storage of information
• Late collection and non-collection
• Admissions
• Arrivals and departures
• Camera and recording device use
• Mobile phone and social networking

Health and Safety

• Visits and outings
• Lost child procedure from nursery
• Lost child procedure from outings
• No smoking policy