Early Years Policy and Procedures
All Early Years Providers except childminders must keep policies and procedures which set out how they comply with the general and specific legal requirements and statutory guidance of the Early Years Foundation Stage .
This manual gives Early Years and Childcare settings practitioners, access to information, guidance and tools to support them in their day to day roles and responsibilities and keeping children safe.
The guidance documents and tools are regularly reviewed and updated and can be quickly personalised by early years settings to use to ensure their policies, procedures and practice are robust and cover all areas of operation and safeguarding.
Barnet’s Corporate Policies and Procedures are available to our Children’s Centre managers and workers via the staff intranet.
Guidance Documents
- 0 - Introduction
- 1.1 - Childrens rights and entitlements
- 1.2 - Safeguarding Children and Child Protection
- 1.3 - Looked After Children
- 1.4 - Uncollected Child
- 1.5 - Missing Child
- 1.6 - Use of mobile phones and cameras
- 2.1 - Employment
- 2.2 - Student Placements
- 2.3 - Volunteer Policy Barnet Children's Centres
- 3.1 - Induction of staff volunteers and managers
- 3.2 - First Aid
- 4.1 - The role of the key person and settling in
- 5.1 - Staffing
- 6.1 - Administering Medicines
- 6.2 - Managing children who are sick, infectious or with allergies
- 6.3 - Recording and reporting of accidents and incidents
- 6.4 - Managing intimate care
- 6.5 - Food and Drink
- 6.6 - Food Hygiene
- 6.7 - Basic kitchen opening and closing checks - template
- 6.8 - Food and Drink - Community
- 6.9 - Infection Control Monitoring Sheet
- 7.1 - Achieving positive behaviour
- 8.1 - Health and safety general standards
- 8.2 - Maintaining childrens' safety and security on premises
- 8.3 - Supervision of children on outings and visits
- 8.4 - Risk Assessment
- 8.5 - Fire safety and emergency evacuation
- 8.6 - Animals in the setting
- 8.7 - No Smoking
- 8.8 - Health and Safety Risk Assessment Template
- 8.9 - Fire Saftey Risk Assessment Template
- 8.10 - Prevent Duty Guidance
- 8.11 - British Values
- 9.1 - Valuing diversity and promoting- quality
- 9.2 - Supporting children with special educational needs and disabilities
- 10.1 - Early Years Prospectus
- 10.2 - Admissions
- 10.3 - Application to join
- 10.5 - Parental involvement
- 10.6 -Childrens records
- 10.7 - Provider records
- 10.8 - Transfer of records to school
- 10.9 - Confidentiality and client access to records
- 10.10 - Information sharing
- 10.11 - Working in partnership with other agencies
- 10.12 - Making a complaint
- 10.13 - Escalation Policy
- 10.14 - Parents Guide to Tapestry
- 10.15 - Information System Access Policy
- 10.16 - Security Procedure
- 10.17 - Handling Paper Records Out of the Office