Our policies and procedures align with statutory guidance from regulatory organisations such as Ofsted, Government and the Pre-school Learning Alliance and are reviewed annually, or more regularly when change is required. It is important that as a parent/carer of a child who attends Stockland and Yarcombe Preschool that you are familiar with these.
Implementation & review
SYP_0 Policy and procedures implementation and review policy
SYP_0.0 Implementation and review procedure
Health & Safety
01 Health and safety policy July 2025
01.01 Risk assessment July 2025
01.01a Generic risk assessment form July 2025
01.01b Access audit form July 2025
01.02 Group rooms, stair ways and corridors July 2025
01.04 Children’s bathrooms changing areas July 2025
01.06 Short trips, outings and excursions July 2025
01.08 Staff cloakrooms July 2025
01.09 Maintenance and repairs July 2025
01.11 Staff personal safety July 2025
01.12 Threats and abuse towards staff and volunteers July 2025
01.13 Entrances and approach to the building July 2025
01.14 Control of Substances Hazardous to Health July 2025
01.15 Manual handling July 2025
01.16 Festival (and other) decorations July 2025
01.17 Jewellery and hair accessories July 2025
01.18 Animals and pets July 2025
01.19 Face painting and mehndi July 2025
01.20 Notifiable incident non-child protection July 2025
01.21 Emergency evacuation and lock-down July 2025
Fire Safety
02 Fire safety policy July 2025
02.01a Fire safety risk assessment form July 2025
Food Safety & Nutrition
03 Food safety and nutrition policy July 2025
03.01 Food preparation, storage and purchase July 2025
03.02 Food for play and cooking activities July 2025
03.03 Milk and baby food preparation and storage July 2025
03.04 Menu planning and nutrition July 2025
03.05 Meeting dietary requirements July 2025
03.06 Breast feeding July 2025
Health Procedures
4.01 Accidents and emergency treatment July 2025
04.02 Administration of medicine July 2025
04.02a Health care plan July 2025
04.03 Life-saving medication and invasive treatments July 2025
04.04 Allergies and food intolerance July 2025
04.05 Poorly children July 2025
04.05a Infection control July 2025
04.07 Baby and child massage July 2025
Equality & Diversity
05 Promoting inclusion, equality and valuing diversity policy July 2025
05.01 Promoting inclusion, equality and valuing diversity July 2025
Safeguarding
See Safeguarding page here.
Record Keeping
07 Record keeping policy July 2025
07.01 Children’s records and data protection July 2025
07.01a Privacy Notice July 2025
07.04 Transfer of records July 2025
07.02 Confidentiality, recording and sharing information July 2025
Staff, Volunteers & Students
08 Staff, volunteers and students policy July 2025
08.01 Recruitment Checks July 2025
08.02 Staff deployment July 2025
08.03 Deployment of volunteers and parent helpers July 2025
08.04 Student placement July 2025
Early Years Practice
SYP Curriculum Intent and Overview
SYP_09 Early years practice policy
SYP_09.01 Waiting list and admissions
SYP_09.02 Absence
SYP_09.03 The role of the key person
SYP_09.04 Settling in
SYP_09.05 Establishing childrens starting points
SYP_09.06 Arrivals and departures
SYP_09.08 Snack-times and mealtimes
SYP_09.09 Intimate care and nappy changing
SYP_09.12 Promoting positive behaviour
SYP_09.13 Identification assessment and support for children with SEND
SYP_09.14 Transition to school
SYP_09.15 Progress check at age two
Working in Partnership
10 Working in partnership with parents and other agencies policy July 2025
10.01 Working in partnership with parents, carers and other agencies July 2025
Complaints
Our preschool believes that children and parents are entitled to expect courtesy and prompt, careful, attention to their needs and wishes. We welcome suggestions on how to improve our preschool and will give prompt and serious attention to any concerns about the running of the preschool. We anticipate that most concerns will be resolved quickly by an informal approach to the preschool leader. If this does not achieve the desired result, we have a set of procedures for dealing with concerns.
Click here to read our Complaints Procedure:
10.02 Complaints procedure for parents, carers and service users July 2025
Privacy Notice
Click here to read our Privacy Notice: