Policies and Procedures

Orchard Preschool adopts the following policies and procedures to safeguard every child in our care and any adult working with us.

• 0.0 Implementation and review procedure
• 01 Health and safety policy
• 01.01 Risk assessment
• 01.02 Group rooms, stairways and corridors
• 01.03 Kitchen
• 01.04 Children’s bathrooms and changing rooms
• 01.05 Short trips, outings and excursions
• 01.06 Outdoors
• 01.07 Cloakrooms
• 01.08 Maintenance and repairs
• 01.09 Staff personal safety
• 01.10 Threats and abuse towards staff and volunteers
• 01.11 Entrances and approach to the building
• 01.12 Control of substances hazardous to health
• 01.13 Manual handling
• 01.14 Festival (and other) decorations
• 01.15 Jewellery and hair accessories
• 01.16 Animals and pets
• 01.17 Face painting and Mehndi
• 01.18 Notifiable incident, non-child protection
• 01.19 Terrorist threat attack and lock down
• 02 Fire safety policy
• 02.01 Fire safety
• 03 Food safety and nutrition policy
• 03.01 Food preparation, storage and purchase
• 03.02 Food for play and cooking activities
• 03.03 Milk and baby food preparation and storage
• 03.04 Menu planning and nutrition
• 03.05 Meeting dietary requirements
• 03.06 Breastfeeding
• 04 Health Policy
• 04.03 Life saving medication and invasive treatments
• 04.04 Allergies and food intolerances
• 04.05 Poorly children
• 04.06 Oral health
• 05 Promoting inclusion, equality and valuing diversity policy
• 05.01 Promoting inclusion, equality and valuing diversity policy
• 06 Safeguarding children, young people and vulnerable adults
• 06.01 Responding to safeguarding or child protection concerns
• 06.02 Allegations towards staff, volunteers or agency staff
• 06.03 Visitors or intruders 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
• 07 Record keeping policy
• 07.01 Children’s 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
• 08.01 Staff deployment
• 08.02 Deployment of volunteers and parent helpers
• 08.03 Student placements
• 09.01a About our childcare
• 09.01b Application to join
• 09.01c Childcare registration form
• 09.01d Childcare terms and conditions
• 09.02 Absence
• 09.03 Prime times – the role of the key person
• 09.04 Establishing children’s starting points
• 09.05 Prime times – arrival and departures
• 09.06 Prime times – baby and toddler meal times
• 09.07 Prime times – snack and meal times (older children)
• 09.08 Prime times – intimate care and nappy changing
• 09.10 Prime times – Sleep and rest times
• 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
• 09.13a SEN Support – initial record of concern form
• 09.13b SEN Support – action plan
• 09.14 Prime times – transition to school
• 09.15 Progress check at age two
• 09.15a Progress check at age tow form
• 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 other service users