1. SAFEGUARDING AND WELFARE
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2. EYFS Requirements
Section 3 of the Statutory Framework for the Early Years Foundation Stage contains ‘The Safeguarding and Welfare Requirements’.
It states what early years providers must do to:
Safeguard children
Ensure the suitability of adults who have contact with children.
Ensure staff are suitably qualified and have appropriate training.
Allocate a ‘key person’
Make sure that staff–child ratios are maintained
Promote good health
Manage behaviour
Ensure the safety and suitability of childcare premises
Ensure that Special Educational Needs are met
Maintain records, policies and procedures
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3. Child Protection Providers must:
Have safeguarding policies and procedures
Appoint a lead person for safeguarding
Train staff in safeguarding issues
Have regard to the guidance ‘Working Together to Safeguard Children 2013’.
Inform Ofsted of any allegations of serious harm or abuse made against anyone living, working or looking after children on the premises
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4. Suitable People Providers must:
Have effective systems to ensure anyone likely to have regular contact with children on the premises is suitable.
Record checks made to confirm suitability and ensure staff know they are expected to disclose convictions.
Meet their responsibilities under the Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006
Not employ anyone who is disqualified
Notify Ofsted of any significant events, including any convictions.
Appropriately manage staff taking medication or other substances
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5. Staff Qualifications, Training, Support and Skills
Providers must:
Ensure all staff receive induction training
Ensure supervision and training of staff having contact with children and families
Ensure that practitioners holding Early Years Educator qualifications and counting in ratio hold GCSEs in English and Maths at grade C or above
Meet EYFS requirements for staff qualifications
Maintain the provision of trained first aiders
Ensure staff have sufficient understanding and use of English
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6. Key Person Every child must have a Key Person to:
Help ensure care matches the child’s needs
Familiarise the child with the setting
Create a settled relationship with the child
Build a relationship with the child’s parents
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7. Staff:Child Ratios Providers must:
Ensure children are adequately supervised
Decide how staff are allocated
Ensure all children are usually within sight AND hearing, and always within sight OR hearing
Exclude staff under 17 years of age from ratios
Meet the EYFS ratio requirements according to the type of setting, age of children and qualifications of staff
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8. Health Providers must:
Manage illness and medication and ensure polices and procedures, including permissions are in place
Provide relevant training for staff
Ensure any food or drink provided is healthy, balanced and nutritious, and prepared hygienically
Notify Ofsted if 2 or more children at the setting are affected by food poisoning
Ensure a first aid box with appropriate content is accessible at all times
Manage accidents or injuries, notifying parents, Ofsted and/or the Local Safeguarding Children Board as required
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9. Managing Behaviour Providers must:
Ensure children’s behaviour is managed in an appropriate way.
Have a behaviour management policy
Not threaten corporal punishment, and must not use or threaten any punishment which could adversely affect a child's well-being.
Keep records if and when physical intervention is required.
Take steps to ensure no child’s well-being is adversely affected by any act, or threat, of punishment
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10. Safety & Suitability of Premises, Environment & Equipment
Providers must:
Ensure the premises and equipment are safe, ‘fit for purpose’ and, as far as is reasonable, suitable for children with disabilities
Ensure safety in case of emergency
Have a no smoking policy
Provide access to an outdoor play area
Ensure separate sleeping area for children under 2
Ensure appropriate number of toilets and hand basins are provided.
Provide an area where parents / carers can be spoken to confidentially
Manage visitors and collection of children
Ensure public liability insurance is in place and valid
Take all reasonable steps to ensure staff and children in their care are not exposed to risks and must be able to demonstrate how they are managing risks.
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11. Special Educational Needs
Providers must:
Have arrangements in place to support children with SEN or disabilities.
Have regard to the Special Educational Needs (SEN) Code of Practice
Identify a member of staff to act as Special Educational Needs Co-ordinator or SENCO.
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12. Information and Records
Providers must:
Maintain records, obtain and share information, making them available to Ofsted, but ensuring that confidential information is kept secure and handled in accordance with the Data Protection Act 1998
Ensure records are easily accessible and available
Ensure confidential information and records about staff and children are held securely and only accessible and available to those who have a right or professional need to see them
Be aware of their responsibilities under the Data Protection Act (DPA) 1998 and where relevant the Freedom of Information Act 2000
Ensure parents /carers are given access to all records about their child, provided that no relevant exemptions apply to their disclosure under the DPA and they are stored for the required amount of time.
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13. Information and Records
Providers must:
record the required information for each child in their care including full name, date of birth, and name and address of every parent and/or carer who is known to the provider
Give information on how the EYFS is being delivered, the types of activities available, menus, policies and procedures.
Information on staff, including key worker and emergency contacts.
Provide a complaints policy and procedure
Provide Ofsted’s contact details
Hold a copy of the names of children on role
Display a copy of their registration
Notify Ofsted of any changes that may affect their registration.
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14. Activity
Consider what the benefits of having a key person are for early years children.
Make a list of the main benefits as bullet points.
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