Redwood Pre-School
  • To check if your child is eligible, please use the online eligibility checker www.walthamforest.gov.uk/eychecker
  • Pirates visited Redwood Pre-School for our "Pirate Family Fun Day" fundraising event.
  • We are a community run registered charity which provides high quality, flexible education and childcare to support the learning and development of children under eight in Waltham Forest.
  • SANTA visited Redwood Pre-School for our annual ‘Winter Wonderland’ fundraising event.
  • Sessional and all day care from 8am to 6pm
  • Termtime, open 38 weeks per year for children aged 2 to 5 years
  • Holiday Playschemes, open 10 weeks per year for children aged 2 to 7 years
  • We celebrate World Book Day in March by dressing up as our favourite book characters.

Policies and Procedures

Policies and Procedures

All policies and procedures are available for parents to read in the Ladybird, Giraffe and Dinosaur reception areas.

Redwood Pre-School has the following policies and procedures:

SAFEGUARDING AND PROMOTING CHILDREN’S WELFARE

1 Safeguarding children
1.0 Children’s rights and entitlements
1.1 Safeguarding children and child protection
1.1a PREVENT duty including the promotion of British values
1.1b The use of the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS disclosures)
1.1c Female genital mutilation (FGM)
1.2 Confidentiality and client access to records
1.3 Information sharing
1.4 Late collection
1.4a Non-attendance
1.5 Missing child
1.6 Outings
1.7 Missing child on outings
1.8 Arrival and departure
1.8a Visitors
1.9 Making a complaint

 

2 Equality of opportunity
2.1 Valuing diversity and promoting equality
2.1a Accessibility
2.2 Supporting children with special educational needs and disabilities
2.3 Achieving positive behaviour

 

3 Promoting health and hygiene
3.2 Administering medicines
3.2a Managing children who are sick and infectious
3.3 Care routines
3.4 No smoking
3.5 Food and drink
3.6 First Aid

SUITABLE PEOPLE

4 Employment
4.1 Employment and staffing
4.2 Whistle blowing
4.3 Staff induction
4.3a Supervision and appraisal
4.4 Holidays
4.4a Bereavement leave
4.5 Exit interviews
4.6 Grievance
4.7 Disciplinary
4.8 Children of staff
4.9 Volunteer induction
4.10 Volunteer expenses
4.11 Training
4.12 Student placement
4.13 Lone working policy

SUITABLE PREMISES, ENVIRONMENT AND EQUIPMENT

5 Health and safety
5.1 Risk assessment
5.2 Health and safety general standards
5.4 Fire safety and emergency evacuation
5.5 Recording and reporting of accidents and incidents including HSE + RIDDOR
5.6 Accident and emergency policy
5.7 Accident procedure
5.8 Food hygiene including food poisoning

ORGANISATION

6 Administration
6.1 Admissions, term time
6.2 Reception Class application and deferred entry to primary school

 

7 Childcare and education practice
7.1 Curriculum
7.2 Settling in preschool

 

8 Finance
8.1 Fees policy, term time
8.1a Early Years Pupil Premium (EYPP)
8.2 Fees policy, playscheme
8.3 Staff wages
8.4 Reserves
8.5 Fixed assets
8.6 Financial controls

 

9 Partnership
9.1 Parental involvement

DOCUMENTATION

10 Record keeping
10.1 Children’s records
10.2 Provider records
10.3 Data protection

APPENDICES

  • Our commitments
  • Preschool Learning Alliance Preschool Constitution
  • Memorandum and Articles of Association