Specific Needs Policy and Procedures
Specific Needs Policy and Procedures Stepping Stones Day Nursery aims to have regard to the Special Educational Needs and Disability Code of Practice (2014).This document is a whole setting policy and endeavours to convey the idea of a united setting whereby we aim to secure the best for all children as individuals. This approach means that every effort is made to promote a positive climate that recognises the right of children with special educational needs not to stand out from their peers....
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Inclusion Policy ‘The aims of our day nursery are to provide a happy, caring and safe environment which will enable the children in our care to thrive and be stimulated through their surroundings, activities and equipment. With our warm and positive atmosphere, your child will be encouraged to learn through play. The nursery curriculum takes into account the children’s abilities, interests and weakness. Children are individuals, each possess his or her own particular route to...
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Learning and Development Assessment It is now a statutory requirement for early year’s settings to provide parents and or carers with a short written summary of their child’s development in the prime areas, when a child is aged between two and three. An agreement between the practitioner and the parent will be made to decide when the summary would be most beneficial. To reiterate it should be provided in time to inform the Healthy Child Programme health and development review at age...
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Specific Needs Policy and Procedures Stepping Stones Day Nursery aims to have regard to the Special Educational Needs and Disability Code of Practice (2014).This document is a whole setting policy and endeavours to convey the idea of a united setting whereby we aim to secure the best for all children as individuals. This approach means that every effort is made to promote a positive climate that recognises the right of children with special educational needs not to stand out from their peers....
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Information and Records Stepping Stones Day Nursery must maintain records and obtain and share information with numerous people including parents and carers, other professionals working with the child and the police, social services and Ofsted as and when appropriate. This is to ensure the safe and efficient management of the setting and to help ensure that all the individual needs of the children in our care are met. It is statutory that: Stepping Stones records the following information for...
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Equal Opportunities Policy Stepping Stones Day Nursery is committed to providing for equality of opportunity and anti – discriminatory practice and ensuring that every child, family and employee is included and not disadvantaged because of ethnicity, culture or religion, home language, family background, learning difficulties or disabilities, gender or ability; working in accordance with all current legislation, including Disability Discrimination Act (1995) Race Relations Act (1976) Sex...
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