Management and Policies
The Company and Board of Directors
The Pre-School and Nursery are registered with Companies House as Blackberry Lane Pre-School. It is a limited company run by a Board of Directors made up of staff and parents of children attending the Pre-School or Nursery.
The Board of Directors is responsible for:
- Managing the Company’s finances
- Employing and managing the staff
- Making sure that the Company has – and works to – policies which help it to provide a high-quality service
- Making sure that the Company works in partnership with the children’s parents
Directors are elected each November at the Annual General Meeting.
Management Structure
You can open/download the above Management Flowchart as a PDF file by clicking the link below:
Policies
The Directors and staff work together to adopt and annually review our policies. This ensures that we provide a quality service for our members and the local community.
Hard copies of our policies are available on request, or you can open/download them as PDF files by clicking the links below:
0.0 Implementation and review procedure
01.01a Generic Risk Assessment Form
01.01c Prioritised Place Risk Assessment Form
01.02 Group rooms, stair ways and corridors
01.04 Children’s bathrooms & changing areas
01.06 Short trips, outings and excursions
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
01.16 Festival (and other) decorations
01.17 Jewellery and hair accessories
01.19 Face painting and mehndi
01.20 Notifiable incident, non-child protection
01.21 Emergency evacuation and lock-down
02.01a Fire safety risk assessment form
03 Food safety and nutrition policy
03.01 Food preparation, storage and purchase
03.02 Food for play and cooking activities
03.03 Milk and baby food preparation and storage
03.04 Menu planning and nutrition
03.05 Meeting dietary requirements
04.01 Accidents and emergency treatment
04.02 Administration of medicine
04.03 Life-saving medication and invasive treatments
04.04 Allergies and food intolerance
04.05 Managing children who are sick or infectious
04.05b Managing a respiratory infection
05 Promoting inclusion, equality and valuing diversity policy
05.01 Promoting inclusion, equality and valuing diversity
06 Safeguarding Children, Young People & Vulnerable Adults
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 reporting form
06.03 Visitor or Intruder on the Premises
06.07 Death of a Child on Site
06.08a Care plan for Looked After Children form
06.09 E-safety and online safety
06.11 Behaviour code of conduct for adults working with children
07.01 Childrens records and data protection
07.01a Privacy Notice Children and Parents
07.02 Confidentiality, recording and sharing information
07.03 Client access to records
08 Staff, volunteers and students policy
08.02 Deployment of volunteers and parent helpers
08.04 Employment – Safer Recruitment
08.5 Employment – Training and Development
08.6 Induction of Employees & Volunteers
09.01 Waiting list and admissions
09.01d Childcare and early education terms and conditions
09.03 Prime times The role of the key person
09.04 Prime times Settling in and transitions
09.05 Establishing children’s starting points
09.06 Prime times arrivals and departures
09.07 Prime times Baby and toddler mealtimes
09.08 Prime times Snack-times and mealtimes (older children)
09.09 Prime times Intimate care and nappy changing
09.10 Prime times Sleep and rest time
09.11 Managing separation anxiety in children under 2 years old
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
09.15 Progress check at age two
09.15a Progress check at age two form
10 Working in partnership with parents and other agencies policy
10.01 Working in partnership with parents and other agencies
10.02 Complaints procedure for parents and service users