Policies

Policies and Procedures

The following policies and procedures were adopted by Ashridge Nursery in January 2022.

Policies are reviewed as legislation changes and during our annual policy review. Our last annual review was in October 2025. The main policies can be viewed here. A full copy is available for parents to read in the nursery.

These policies were last reviewed and updated in March 2026

 Policies

01        Health and safety policy

01.1     Risk assessment  

01.2     Group rooms, stair ways and corridors

01.3     Kitchen

01.4     Children’s bathrooms/changing areas

01.6     Short trips, outings and excursions

01.7     Outdoors

01.8     Staff cloakrooms

01.9     Maintenance and repairs

0.10    Laundry areas

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 (COSHH)

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   Emergency Evacuation

02        Fire safety policy

02.1     Fire safety

03        Food safety and nutrition policy

03.1     Food preparation, storage and purchase

03.2     Food for play and cooking activities

03.5     Meeting dietary requirements

04        Health policy

04.1     Accidents and emergency treatment

04.2     Administration of medicine

04.3     Life-saving medication and invasive treatments

04.4     Allergies and food intolerance

04.5     Unwell children

04.5a   Infection Control

04.6     Oral health

05        Promoting inclusion, equality and valuing diversity policy

05.1     Promoting inclusion, equality and valuing diversity

06        Safeguarding children, young people and vulnerable adults policy

06.1     Responding to safeguarding or child protection concerns

06.2     Allegations against staff, volunteers or agency staff

06.3     Visitor or intruder on the premises

06.4     Uncollected child

06.5     Missing child

06.6     Incapacitated parent

06.7     Death of a child on-site

06.8     Looked after children

06.9     E-safety

6.10     Key person supervision

6.11     Absense Reporting

07        Record keeping policy

07.1     Children’s records and data protection

07.2     Confidentiality, recording and sharing information

07.3     Client access to records

07.4 Transfer of records

08        Staff, volunteers and students policy

08.1     Recruitment Checks

08.2     Staff deployment

08.3     Deployment of volunteers and parent helpers

08.4     Student placement

09        Childcare practice policy

09.1     Waiting list and admissions

09.2     Absence

09.3     Prime times – The role of the key person

09.4     Prime times – Settling in and transitions

09.5     Establishing children’s starting points

09.6     Prime times – Arrivals and departures

09.8     Prime times – Snack-times and mealtimes (older children)

09.9     Prime times – Intimate care and nappy changing

09.12   Promoting positive behaviour

09.13   Identification, assessment and support for children with SEND

09.14   Prime times – Transition to school

09.15   Progress check at age two

10        Working in partnership with parents and other agencies policy

10.1     Working in partnership with parents and other agencies

10.2     Complaints procedure for parents and service users

11        Environmental Sustainability

11.1     Climate Action Plan