Our Policies

Our policies help to make sure that Gilah is a safe, inclusive and well-managed environment for children, families and staff.

They set out how we approach important areas of nursery life, including safeguarding, health and safety, behaviour, inclusion, SEND, complaints and the care and wellbeing of children.

Our policies are reviewed regularly to reflect current guidance, legislation and the needs of our nursery community.

• Our Gilah Policies: 01 Health & Safety, 01.01 Risk Assessment, 01.01a Risk Assessment Form, 01.01b Access Audit Form , 01.01c Priorities place risk assessment form , 01.02 Group Room Stairways and Corridors , 01.03 Kitchen, 01.04 Children's Bathroom changing areas, 01.05 Kosher Kitchen, 01.06 Short Trips Outings and Excursions , 01.07 Outdoors, 01.09 Maintenance & Repairs , 01.11 Staff Personal Safety, 01.12 Threats & Abuse towards Staff & Volunteers , 0.12a Parent Conduct, 01.13 Entrances & approach to the Buildings , 01.14 Control of Substances Hazardous to Health, 01.15 Manual Handling, 01.17 Jewellery & Hair Accessories , 01.17a Dress Code , 01.18 Animals & Pets , 01.19 Face Painting & Mehndi, Children Hair Dye and Cosmetic Alteration, 01.20 Notifiable Incident Non-Child Protection , 01.21 Terrorist Threat Attack and Lockdown , 01.22 CCTV Policy , 02 Fire Safety, 02.01a Fire Safety Risk Assessment Form , 03 Food Safety & Nutrition , 03.01 Food Preparation Storage & Purchase , 03.02 Food for Play & Cooking activities , Handling Flour & Flour Product safety , 03.04 Menu Planning and Nutrition , 03.05 Meeting Dietary Requirements , 03.06 Hot Drinks, 0.306 Breast Feeding, 04 Health , 04.01 Accidents & Emergency Treatment , 04.02 Administration of Medicine , 04.03 Life Saving Medication & Invasive Treatments , 04.04 Allergies & Food Intolerances , 04.05 Poorly Children , 04.05a Infection Control , 04.7 Mental Health & Wellbeing , 04.08 Children Health and Wellbeing , 05 Promoting Inclusion Equality & Valuing Diversity , 05.01 Promoting Inclusion Equality & Valuing Diversity, 06 Safeguarding Children, & Young People & Vulnerable Adults , 06.01 Responding to Safeguarding or Child Protection Concerns , 06.01a Child Welfare & Protection Summary , 06.01b Safeguarding Incident Report Form , 06.01c Confidential Safeguarding Incident Form , 06.02 Allegations against Staff Volunteers & Agency Staff , 06.03 Visitor or intruder on the premises , 06.04 Uncollected Child , 06.05 Missing Child , 06.06 Incapacitated Parent , 06.07 Death of a child on site , 06.08 Looked after children, 0608a Care Plan for Looked After Children , 06.09 E-Safety , 0.69a E-Safety Audit , 06.10 Key Person Supervision , 07 Record Keeping , 07.01 Children's Records & Data Protection , 07.01a Privacy Notice , 07.02 Confidentiality Recording and Sharing Information , 07.03 Client Access to Records , 07.04 Transfer of Records , 08 Staff Volunteers and Students , 08.01 Recruitment Checks , 0.82 Staff Deployment , 08.03 Deployment of Volunteers and Parent Helpers , 08.04 Student Placement , 08.4 Babysitting Policy , 09 Childcare Practice , 09.01 Waiting List & Admissions , 09.02 Absence , 09.03 Prime Times The role of the Key Person , 09.04 Settling In , 09.05 Establishing Children's Starting Times , 09.06 Prime Times Arrivals & Departures , 09.07 Prime Times Meal Times, 09.08 Prime Times Snack Times and Meal Times , 09.09 Prime Times Intimate Care & Nappy Changing , 09.10 Prime Times Sleep and Rest Time , 09.11 Managing Separation Anxiety in Children under 2 , 09.12 Promoting Positive Behaviour, 09.13 Identification Assessment and Support for Children with SEND , 09.13a SEN Support Initial Recording Concern Form , 09.13b SEN Support Action Plan , 09.14 Prime Times Transition to School , 10 Working in Partnership with Parents & Other Agencies , 10.01 Working in Partnership with Parents & Other Agencies , 10.02 Complaints Procedure for Parents and other Service Users , Behaviour Policy , Tapestry Staff Agreement, Tapestry Consent Form 2022, Health Protection 2025 , Menopause Policy , Nurture Room Policy, Introduction Policy, Staff Conduct Policy, Gilah Sleep Room Policy , Updated Supervised Toothbrushing , Babysitting Policy , Late Collection Policy, Adverse Weather & Emergency Closure Policy, are designed to underpin the educational opportunities at Gilah. Copies of the nursery’s policies are available to all parents and are displayed on the nursery notice boards. The policies help us to make sure that the service provided by Gilah Nursery is a high quality one. The staff, parents and governors have worked together with the Rabbi to formulate and adapt the policies and they are reviewed annually. Reviewing the policies ensures that Gilah nursery is continuing to provide a high quality service for the community.

  Gilah Nursery is open for about 180 days a year. We are closed for the Chagim and for time needed to prepare and clear away for the festivals.

  More information can be found in our information booklet, Gilah Current Price List, Consumables Letter