Policies and Procedures for the EYFS2021 (Updated August 2022)
All policies and procedures have been reviewed, resulting in the following changes.
Throughout, in line with our #WeAreEducators campaign, to highlight the unique importance of the early years, the term practitioner is replaced with educator, and childcare is replaced with childcare and early education, or suitable alternative.
References to previous COVID guidance has been removed, as settings should now follow the general government guidance on emergency planning and response.
Other changes to the content, including the following as shown in red font within the files dated August 2022.
● In 01.06 Short trips, outings and excursions,‘The designated lead for the outing hasresponsibility for only one child’, has been removed. Whilst this may begood practice, if, for instance, the designated lead needs to deal with anincident or accident and pass the care of their child/ren over to a colleague,it is not a statutory requirement, but a matter for individual settings todecide based on a risk assessment approach.
● Newprocedures 04.05a Managing a suspectedcase of coronavirus and 04.05bInfection control are now provided.
● 06.02 Allegations against staff, volunteers or agency staff, has been renamed to 06.02 Low level concerns and allegations of serious harm or abuse against staff, volunteers or agency staff and expanded to include content on how to raise and then respond to low level concerns about the conduct of staff, students or volunteers.
● 06.02a Low level concerns form is also provided to support the procedure.
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Contents
Unless otherwise stated, each policy or procedure was devised in July 2021 and reviewed in August 2022.
0 Policy and procedures implementation andreview policy
0.0 Implementation and review procedure
01.02 Group rooms, stair ways and corridors
01.04 Children’s bathrooms/changing areas
01.06 Short trips, outings and excursions
01.12 Threats and abuse towards staff and volunteers
01.13 Entrances and approach to the building
01.14 Control of Substances Hazardous toHealth (COSHH)
01.16 Festival (and other) decorations
01.17 Jewellery and hair accessories
01.19 Face painting and mehndi
01.20 Notifiable incident, non-child protection
01.21 Terrorist threat/attack and lock-down
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
04.01 Accidents and emergency treatment
04.02 Administration of medicine
04.03 Life-saving medication and invasive treatments
04.04 Allergies and food intolerance
04.05 Poorly children February 2022
04.05a Managing a suspected case of coronavirus
05 Promoting inclusion, equality and valuing diversity policy
05.01 Promoting inclusion, equality and valuing diversity
06 Safeguarding children, young people and vulnerable adults policy
06.01 Responding to safeguarding or child protection concerns
06.03 Visitor or intruder on the premises
06.07 Death of a child on-site
6.08a Care plan for looked after children form
07.01 Children’s records and data protection
07.02 Confidentiality, recording and sharing information
07.03 Client access to records
08 Staff, volunteers and students policy
08.02 Deployment of volunteers and parent helpers
09 Early years practice policy
09.01 Waiting list and admissions
09.01a About our childcare and early education
09.01d Childcare and early education terms and conditions
09.03 Prime times – The role of the keyperson
09.04 Prime times – Settling in andtransitions
09.05 Establishing children’s starting points
09.06 Prime times – Arrivals and departures
09.08 Prime times – Snack-times and mealtimes older children)
09.09 Prime times – Intimate care and nappy changing
09.10 Prime times – Sleep and rest time
09.11 Managing separation anxiety in children under 2 years old
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
10 Working in partnership with parents and other agencies policy
10.01 Working in partnership with parents and other agencies
10.02 Complaints procedure for parents and service users
