Our Policies and Procedures
At Stepping Stones Pre School Tilehurst, we keep a policy folder that parents are welcome to view.
This contains information about Equal Opportunities, Behaviour Sanctions, Health and Safety, Fire Procedure, Daily Routines, Record Keeping, Staffing and Admission Policies. Information kept on children is confidential, although parents are free to see any information kept on their child. A copy of our Registration and Public Liability cover is displayed on our notice board.
Downloadable Policies
Introduction
2 Year Check
Health and Safety Policy
- 01 Health and safety policy
- 01.01 Risk assessment
- 01.01b Access audit form
- 01.01c Prioritised place risk assessment form
- 01.02 Group rooms, stair ways and corridors
- 01.03 Kitchen
- 01.04 Children’s bathrooms changing areas
- 01.06 Short trips, outings and excursions
- 01.07 Outdoors
- 01.08 Staff cloakrooms
- 01.09 Maintenance and repairs
- 01.10 Laundry area
- 01.11 Staff personal safety
- 01.12 Threats and abuse towards staff and volunteers
- 01.13 Entrances and approach to the building
- 01.14 Control of Substances Hazardous to Health
- 01.15 Manual handling
- 01.16 Festival (and other) decorations
- 01.17 Jewellery and hair accessories
- 01.18 Animals and pets
- 01.19 Face painting and mehndi
- 01.20 Notifiable incident, non-child protection
- 01.21 Terrorist threat attack and lock-down
- 01.21a Bomb threat procedure
- 01.21b Lockdown procedure
- 01.22 Closed circuit television
Fire Safety Policy
Food Safety and Nutrition Policy
Health Policy
- 04 Health policy
- 04.01 Accidents and emergency treatment
- 04.02 Administration of medicine
- 04.02a Health care plan
- 04.03 Life-saving medication and invasive treatments
- 04.04 Allergies and food intolerance
- 04.05 Poorly children
- 04.05a Managing a suspected case of coronavirus
- 04.05b Infection control
- 04.06 Oral health
Promoting Inclusion, Equality and Valuing Diversity Policy
Safeguarding Children, Young People and Vulnerable Adults Policy
- 06 Safeguarding children, young people and vulnerable adults policy
- 06.01 Responding to safeguarding or child protection concerns
- 06.01a Child welfare and protection summary
- 06.01b Safeguarding incident reporting form
- 06.01c Confidential safeguarding incident report form
- 06.02 Low level concerns allegations of serious harm or abuse against staff
- 06.02a Low level concerns form
- 06.03 Visitor or intruder 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
- 06.08a Care plan for looked after children form
- 06.09 E-safety
- 06.10 Key person supervision
- List Item
Record Keeping Policy
Staff, Volunteers and Students Policy
Early Years Practice Policy
- 09 Early years practice policy
- 09.01 Waiting list and admissions
- 09.01a Parental Agreement form
- 09.01b Application to join
- 09.02 Absence
- 09.03 Prime times The role of the key person
- 09.04 Prime times Settling in and transitions
- 09.05 Establishing childrens 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 rest time
- 09.12 Promoting positive behaviour
- 09.13 Identification, assessment and support for children with SEND
- 09.13a SEN Support Initial record of concern form
- 09.14 Prime times Transition to school
Working in Partnership with Parents and Other Agencies Policy
Whistleblowing, Disciplinary Procedure, Open Door Policy
Privacy Policy
This privacy policy sets out how Stepping Stones Pre-School uses and protects any information that you give Stepping Stones Pre-School when you use this website. Stepping Stones Pre-school is committed to ensuring that your privacy is protected.
Should we ask you to provide certain information by which you can be identified when using this website you can be assured that it will only be used in accordance with this privacy statement. Stepping Stones Pre-school may change this policy from time to time by updating this page. You should check this page from time to time to ensure that you are happy with any changes. This policy is effective from 1st August 2016.
What we collect
We may collect the following information:
- Name
- Contact information including email address
- Demographic information such as postcode, preferences and interests
- Other information relevant to customer surveys and/or offers
What we do with the information we gather
We require this information to understand your needs and provide you with a better service, and in particular for the following reasons:
- Internal record keeping
- We may use the information to improve our products and services
- We may periodically send promotional emails about new products, special offers or other information which we think you may find interesting using the email address which you have provided
- From time to time, we may also use your information to contact you for market research purposes. We may contact you by email, phone, or mail
We may use the information to customise the website according to your interests.
Security
We are committed to ensuring that your information is secure. In order to prevent unauthorised access or disclosure, we have put in place suitable physical, electronic and managerial procedures to safeguard and secure the information we collect online.
Links to other websites
Our website may contain links to other websites of interest. However, once you have used these links to leave our site, you should note that we do not have any control over that other website. Therefore, we cannot be responsible for the protection and privacy of any information which you provide whilst visiting such sites and such sites are not governed by this privacy statement. You should exercise caution and look at the privacy statement applicable to the website in question.
Controlling your personal information
You may choose to restrict the collection or use of your personal information in the following ways:
whenever you are asked to fill in a form on the website, look for the box that you can click to indicate that you do not want the information to be used by anybody for direct marketing purposes.
If you have previously agreed to us using your personal information for direct marketing purposes, you may change your mind at any time by writing to or emailing us at [email protected]
We will not sell, distribute or lease your personal information to third parties unless we have your permission or are required by law to do so. We may use your personal information to send you promotional information about third parties which we think you may find interesting if you tell us that you wish this to happen.
If you believe that any information we are holding on you is incorrect or incomplete, please write to or email us as soon as possible, at the above address. We will promptly correct any information found to be incorrect.