Part 1: Statement of Intent

Our Health and Safety Policy is to:

• Prevent accidents and cases of work related ill health

• Manage health and safety risks in our preschool

• Provide information and adequate training to ensure employees are competent to do their work

• Provide personal protective equipment

• Provide and maintain safe play areas and equipment

• Ensure safe handling and use of substances

• Implement emergency procedures including evacuation in case of fire or incident

• Review and revise this policy regularly

Part 2: Responsibilities for Health and Safety

1. Overall and final responsibility for health and safety: Chair of Committee

2. Day-to-day responsibility for ensuring this policy is put into practice: Pre-School Supervisor

3. To ensure Health and Safety standards are maintained/improved, the following people have responsibility: All staff on duty

4. All employees should:

• co-operate with supervisors and managers on health and safety matters;

• take reasonable care of their own health and safety; and

• report all health and safety concerns to an appropriate person (as detailed above).

Part 3: Arrangements for Health and Safety 

Risk Assessment

• We complete relevant risk assessments and take action

• We will review risk assessments when working habits or conditions change

• All staff will read and sign to say they've understood risk assessments

• Risk assessments are published on our website for parents / visitors to see

• We ensure that any blind cords are secured safely and do not pose strangulation risk for young children.

Training

* All staff will undertake early years level 2 health and safety training.

* All staff ensure all resources are stored or stacked safely to prevent them accidentally falling or collapsing.

* We provide safe equipment for adults to use when they need to reach up to store equipment / change displays. Staff are encouraged to use this equipment.

Consultation

* Health and safety policy reviews, risk assessments reviews and any health and safety issues will be discussed formally at staff meetings and informally as they arise.

* We explain some health and safety issues to the parents of new children, so that they understand the part played by these issues in the daily life of the setting.

* We make children aware of health and safety issues through discussions, planned activities, routines and our golden rules.

Evacuation

* All escape routes are well signed and kept clear at all times.

* Evacuation plans are tested regularly, recorded and updated if necessary.

* We operate a no-smoking policy.