Changes to Policies and Partnership Documents
The table below is a record of the changes that we have made to our policies and partnership documents. This table goes back as far as November 2019. Updates to previous policy are written in green.
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Document Name | Date | Summary |
Data Protection and Confidentiality Policy | April 2023 | Some minor rewording |
Children’s Well-being in the Nursery Policy | April 2023 | Update policy name and some minor rewording |
Menopause Policy | May 2023 | New policy |
Special Educational Needs and Disability (SEND) Policy | May 2023 | Significant revisions including updated reference to legislation and the graduated response |
Funding-Only Places – Terms and Conditions – Ver 1.2 | June 2023 | T&Cs for places when the child attends only during hours that are fully funded by the Early Education Funding Scheme. |
Partnership Agreement – Ver 17.6.8 | June 2023 | Clarification on first and last invoices calculations |
Partnership Agreement – Ver 17.7 | October 2023 | Please see changes in Green |
Promoting Positive Behaviour Policy | February 2023 | Policy restructure and updates highlighted in green |
Use of Dummies in Nursery Policy | February 2023 | Addition of dummy disposal |
Monitoring Staff Behaviour Policy | February 2023 | Minor wording change highlighted in green |
Complaints and Compliments Policy | April 2023 | Minimal change – includes that Ofsted can see complaint information |
Intimate Care Policy | February 2023 | Minor wording change highlighted in green. |
Whistleblowing Policy | March 2023 | Update to allegation management |
Sun Care Policy | April 2023 | Newly published to website with information that Willow Cottage now provide sun cream. |
Safeguarding and Child Protection Policy | March 2023 | Updated DDSL on Farmoor setting with photo. Added SMT as contact for if an allegation is made against a manager. |
Sleep Policy | February 2023 | Policy reviewed. Updates highlighted in green. |
Safeguarding and Child Protection Policy | December 2022 | Policy review in line with OCC and Keeping children safe in education 2022. Some reordering of the information and updated contact information for DSL, MASH, LADO and LCSS. |
Parent Contract 17.5.7 | October 2022 | Important updates highlighted in green. |
Parent Partnership 17.6.6 | October 2022 | Important updates highlighted in green. |
Admissions Policy | May 2022 | New policy adopted |
Response to COVID-19 | May 2022 | Policy revision to reflect updates in Action for Early Years – 1st April |
Safeguarding and Child Protection Policy | May 2022 | Updated DSL on Eynsham setting with photos of new DSLs |
Parent Contract – Ver 17.5.6 | March 2022 | Revised fees and clarification on 1 month notice for changes for new parents. Change from 1 Full Month notice to one Calendar Month’s notice. |
Acceptable IT Use Policy | December 2021 | New policy, expanding on information in employee manual |
Accidents and First Aid | December 2021 | Policy reviewed and updated with eyLog accident form information |
Health and Safety Policy | December 2021 | Policy reviewed, updated to include reference to our risk assessments covering legionella and lone working. |
Inclusion and Equality – December 2021 | December 2021 | Review of Equality and Diversity Policy – renamed, updated references to current legislation and general update. |
Late collection and non-collection of a child December 2021 | December 2021 | New policy, previously part of Missing and non-collection of child policy. |
Lone Working – March 2019 | December 2021 | Policy Reviewed – No Changes |
Medication Policy – December 2021 | December 2021 | Policy reviewed and updated with eyLog medicine form information. Removed information about ways to reduce a child’s temperature that are now out of date. |
Missing child policy – December 2021 | December 2021 | New policy, previously part of Missing and non-collection of child policy. |
Mobile Phone and Electronic Device use – December 2021 | December 2021 | Policy reviewed significant changes. Social Media now in separate policy. |
Online Safety Policy – December 2021 | December 2021 | New policy, expanding on information in employee manual |
Social Networking – December 2021 | December 2021 | New policy, previously included with Mobile phone policy. |
Safeguarding and Child Protection Policy | December 2021 | Policy review in line with OSCB and Keeping children safe in education 2021. Updated LADO and MASH information. |
Response to COVID-19 | November 2021 | Policy revision to reflect updates in Action for Early Years – 29th November. Reintroduction of face coverings inside, information about non prescribed medication, update for isolation regarding Omicron |
Complaints and Compliments | November 2021 | Rewritten with no change to procedure. |
Data Protection and Confidentiality | October 2021 | Policy Reviewed – No Changes |
Intimate Care – February 2020 | October 2021 | Policy review – no changes |
Monitoring Staff Behaviour – March 2019 | October 2021 | Policy review – no changes |
Safe and Respectful Care | October 2021 | Updated contact numbers |
Safer Recruitment Policy – October 2021 | October 2021 | Changes to legislation references |
Whistleblowing – October 2020 | October 2021 | Policy review – no changes |
Promoting Positive Behaviour – March 2019 | September 2021 | Policy review – no changes |
Response to COVID-19 | September 2021 | Policy revision to reflect updates in Action for Early Years |
Sleep Policy | June 2021 | Policy review – no changes |
Response to COVID-19 | April 2021 | Policy revised to reflect updates in Actions for early years and childcare providers during the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak document |
Wellbeing in the Nursery | November 2020 | New policy outlining how we support children’s wellbeing at nursery |
Wellbeing for Staff | November 2020 | New policy outlining how we support staff wellbeing |
Supervisions | November 2020 | New policy detailing staff supervisions |
Response to COVID-19 – November 2020 | November 2020 | We have asked parents to let us know results of negative tests in writing. |
Partnership Agreement – Ver 17.6.4 | October 2020 | Updated contact details – Lisa Constable |
Data Protection and Confidentiality October 2020 | October 2020 | Review of policy rewording of explanation of how use data |
Whistleblowing October 2020 | October 2020 | Review of policy to include introduction definition of Whistleblowing |
Safeguarding and Child Protection Policy October 2020 | October 2020 | Updated in line with 2020 Keeping Children Safe in Education (KCSIE) and Working Together to Safeguard Children documents. |
Response to COVID-19 | October 2020 | Revision to policy and guidance in response to COVID-19 |
Safeguarding Policy during COVID-19 23-04-2020 | April 2020 | Specific additional details during COVID -19 to read in conjunction with full Safeguarding and Child Protection Policy |
Closure Policy – March 2020 | March 2020 | Clarification of Closure information – added possible priority to primary care parents |
Parent Contract – Ver 17.5.4 | March 2020 | Updated Fees and clarification that nursery closure may be full or partial |
Data Protection and Confidentiality | February 2020 | New Policy |
Safeguarding and Child Protection Policy | February 2020 | Full review in line with current OSCB policy |
Intimate Care | February 2020 | Annual review – no significant change |
Partnership Agreement | November 2019 | Nurseries are peanut-free Wording of company ethos |
Sleep Policy | November 2019 | New Policy Request consent from parents for sleeping in pushchairs |
Use of Dummies in Nursery | November 2019 | New Policy – Dummies now need to be stored in sterile container |