Special Educational Needs and Disability (SEND)

Children have special education / disability needs if they have a learning, communication, emotional or behavioural difficulty, that requires additional provision to be made for them.

At The Park Pre-School, we value each child as an individual and are committed to helping all children fulfil their potential. We recognise that sometimes children face barriers to their learning and strive to provide those children with additional support. We ensure that all children are treated fairly and encouraged to take as full a part in the Preschool as they can.

We plan our curriculum carefully, following the interests and needs of individual children, which allows us to develop and extend our children's learning. As they succeed, their sense of achievement and self esteem increases.

We have Special Education Needs Co-ordinators (SENCO's) who have the initial contact with parents or staff who may have concerns about a child. They are also able to advise who to contact externally, if parents feel they need extra support. We are welcoming, inclusive preschool and we work co-operatively with parents to ensure the best outcomes for all the children in our care.

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Safeguarding & Child Protection

At The Park Pre-School Halstead, we fully recognise the responsibility to have arrangements in place to safeguard and promote the welfare of all children.

Through their day-to-day contact with children and direct work with families, all staff, students and volunteers at The Park Pre-School have a crucial role to play in noticing indicators of possible abuse or neglect and in referring them to the Designated Person for Child Protection. This policy sets out how The Park Pre-School complies with statutory responsibilities relating to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children who attend the setting.

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Equality, Diversity and Anti-Discrimination Policy

Our Pre-School is committed to providing equality of opportunity and anti-discriminatory practice for children and families."Inclusion is a process of identifying, understanding and breaking down the barriers to participation and belonging." (National Children's Forum)

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Health & Safety

This Pre-School believes that the health and safety of the children is of paramount importance. We make our Pre-School a safe and healthy place for children, parents/carers, staff and volunteers.

We aim to make children, parents/carers and staff aware of health and safety issues and to minimise the hazards and risks to enable the children to thrive in a healthy and safe environment.

The member(s) of staff responsible for health and safety is(are) Heidi Kennedy and Denise Thurgood 

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