Noah's Ark Pre-School Policies (updated April 2025)

Introduction

Implementation and Review

Contents

Privacy Notice

Section 1

Health & Safety Policy

Risk Assessment

Group Rooms, Stair ways and corridors

Kitchen

Childrens Bathrooms and Changing Area

Short trips, outings and excurcsions

Outdoors

Staff cloakrooms

Maintenance and repair

Staff personal safety

Treats and abuse towards staff and volunteers

Entrances and approach to building

Control of substances hazardous to health

Manual Handling

Festival Decorations

Jewellery and hair accessories

Animals and Pets

Face Painting and Mehndi

Notifiable incident, non child protection

Emergency Evacuation and Lockdown

Section 2

Fire Safety Policy

Fire Safety Procedures

Section 3

Food Safety and Nutrition Policy

Food Prep, Storage and Purchases

Food for play and Cooking Activities

Meeting Dietary Requirements

Section 4

Accidents and Emergency Treatment

Administration of Medicine

Life saving medication and invasive treatment

Allergies and food intolerance

Poorly Children

Infection control procedures

Oral Health

Section 5

Promoting inclusion, equality and valuing diversity policy

Promoting inclusion, equality and valuing diversity

Section 6

Safeguarding children, young people an vunerable adults policy

Responding to safeguarding or child protection concerns

Concerns and allegations against staff

Visitor or Intruder on premises

Uncollected child

Missing child

Incapacitated parent

Death of a child on site

Looked after children

E-safety

Key person supervision

Section 7

Record keeping policy

Children’s records and data protection

Confidentiality, recording and sharing information

Client access to records

Transfer of records

Section 8

Staff, volunteers and students policy

Recruitment checks

Staff deployment

Deployment of volunteers and parent helpers

Student Placement

Section 9

Early Years practice policy

Waiting list and admissions

Attendance and absence

Prime times – The Role of the Key Person

Prime times – Settling in and Transitions

Establishing children’s starting points

Prime times – arrivals and departures

Snack Times

Prime times – intimite care and nappy changing

Promoting positive behaviour

Identification, assessment and support for children with SEND

Prime times – transition to school

Progress check at age 2

Section 10

Working in partnership with parents and other agencies

Working in partnership procedures

Complaints procedure for parents and service users