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A range of resources including checklists, risk assessments and templates are available to download.
Crisis Management Planning: ResourcesWhat can early years providers and schools do to keep their children safe? Read comprehensive coverage of all the appropriate guidance on Covid-19.
Coronavirus in schools and early years settingsThis groups together all our coronavirus information in one place and gives you a step-by-step guide of what you need to do, with links to key content and useful letter templates and Q&As.
Early Years Coronavirus ToolkitUse the tool to create and review risk assessments for any given risk, generate statistics for a number of different locations, print and e-mail completed risk assessments and general action plans following the outcomes.
Early Years Risk Assessment ToolA complete library of template model polices covering all areas of running a provision, which you can download and adapt for your provision.
Template forms covering everything from the GDPR, safeguarding children, parental consent and staff appraisals, to medication administration and risk assessments, to save you compiling them from scratch.
This gives you a step-by-step guide to preparing for an inspection, with links through to model documents and useful guidance to help ensure you are ready for when the inspector calls.
Preparing for an early years Ofsted inspection – toolkitA step by step guide to the arrangements early years providers need to make to support children with SEN.
Special Educational Needs (SEN) ToolkitKeep on top of subjects including safeguarding, SEN, nutrition and behaviour management.
Find information on complying with the GDPR and data protection, record keeping and promoting the provision.
Find information on how to ensure you are prepared for inspection and how to handle complaints from parents.
Includes the seven areas of learning, observation and transition.
Includes Childcare Act 2006, Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS), funding and planning.
Find out what policies, procedures and training you should have in place to ensure that staff can spot potential signs of abuse and take appropriate action. You can also find resources, such as template policies, forms and staff handouts.
Covers everything you need to know about managing staff, including absence, discipline and grievance, discrimination and equality, and maternity and family rights.
Includes accident reporting, first aid, fire risk assessment, COSHH, manual handling, occupational, asbestos, food safety, electrical safety, PPE, training, temporary workers, visitors, health and safety management systems.
Includes induction, appraisal, qualifications and supervision.
Includes information on admissions, complaints, parental responsibility and key persons.
Includes tendering contracts, cleaning, disabled access and facilities and security.
Includes auditing your provision, budgeting and financial planning, business plans for early years and funding for early years provisions.
Find government consultations, forthcoming legislation and recent legislation in force that applies to the early years sector and managing staff.
Statistics, payment rates, allowances, benefits, award rates and penalties.