Ratios and Supervision Policy

Ratios and Supervision Policy

All staff working with children will have an enhanced CRB disclosure, suitable references and appropriate qualifications.

Staff, students and visitors without CRB disclosure will not be permitted to be left with the children at any time.

Staff CRB’s will be updated when employment commences and every three years after.

Ratios are maintained at all times as per EYFS welfare requirements.

1:3          children under 2 years old

1:4          children 2-3 years old

1:8          children 3 years +

Rooms are registered for the following children:

	Coventry	Warwick
Babies (0-1)	9	9
Toddlers (1-2)	9	12
Tweenies (2-3)	12	19
Pre-School (3+)	13	18

The Manager and Cook are supernumerary with the Deputy and Senior out of ratios if acting as Officer in Charge.

In accordance to the EYFS welfare requirements, staff are to actively work to promote children’s welfare and development. It will not be acceptable for staff to sit and not engaged with the children. Tiny Town Nurseries expect good practice at all times from staff and training will be provided to develop staff at all levels.

Reference

1.            Staff Induction

2.            Staff Appraisal

3.            Disciplinary process

4.            Job Description

Contingency Procedure

In the case of absent staff members due to sickness, the following plan is put into action:

1. The children’s group will be carefully looked at. Where possible, safe and reasonable to do so, we will look at children joining in with different groups. This will be done only if the child is developmentally ready to do so.

2. Any staff members that are on later shifts will be called upon to help cover where the ill staff member would have been due in the nursery.

3. Any staff members in our bank/relief group will be called upon to come in and work in place of the ill staff member. Such people will hold current CRB checks and will have undergone the recruitment procedure.

4. If no one from the nursery is available, then the senior member of staff will ask for support from Coventry/Warwick Tiny Town.

5. In the event that no extra people are available from within either nursery, we will call upon outside agencies such as PCR Recruitment, Tinies, Angels and Windsor.

In the unfortunate event that there is multiple staff illness, then parents will be contact and informed of the circumstances. They will be asked to collect their child from nursery as soon as possible, or to remain at home for the day.

If the contingency procedure needs to come into effect due to bad weather, then all staff will be asked to evaluate the situation on a regular basis. They will all be asked to actively try and get to nursery but if it is unsafe or unable for them to do so, and the nursery has to close, then parents/carers will be notified by telephone as soon as possible and Mercia, Touch and Coventry Radio will be notified.

The Manager can be counted in the ratios here necessary. All staff are aware that extra shifts may be needed to be done and also that the staff closest to the nursery will be called upon first.