At The Kings Road Nursery we recognise our moral and statutory responsibility to safeguard and promote the welfare of all our children (Children Act 2004). We endeavour to provide a safe and welcoming environment where children are respected and valued. We are alert to the signs of abuse and neglect and follow our procedures to ensure that children receive effective support, protection and justice.

We will ensure that Kings Road is fully inclusive in meeting the needs of all children. We recognise that children and their families come from diverse backgrounds. All families have needs and values that arise from their social and economic, ethnic and cultural or religious backgrounds.

The Kings Road Nursery recognises that parents are children's first, most important and enduring educators. We seek to work in partnership with parents during the child's most formative years so as to have the maximum possible impact on their development and learning. Any successful partnership needs to have a two-way exchange of information, knowledge and expertise. We seek to create a harmonious, comfortable environment where parents feel welcome and nursery staff are conscientious and motivated.

This policy is written, and EEF delivered, within statutory and local authority guidelines which may be updated from time to time. The funding for Children at our setting is delivered by supporting both parental access and the future sustainability of the business.

This policy is in place to outline the aims, principles and strategies to ensure effective provision of children with special educational needs within The Kings Road Nursery. It provides the framework for the identification of and provision for children with special educational needs and additional needs and will have regard to the SEN code of practice and equality act 2010. 

The Kings Road Nursery is a provider of a service that collects personal information about children and their families.

The staff employed by The Kings Road Nursery will collect the necessary information. We collect and use information under the Early Years Foundation Stage Statutory Framework (2017), Ofsted, the Data protection Act 1998 and the GDPR (2018). It is both for contractual and emergency reasons.

We will work with parents or carers to establish an open and honest relationship. A child starting nursery will receive understanding and reassurance to assist settling. It is essential children feel happy and secure to enable them to play and learn successfully.

The Kings Road Nursery aims to enable children to work towards self discipline and

self esteem in an atmosphere of mutual respect, to instill good behaviour through

example, praise and the reinforcement of positive actions. We support children in behaviour management by understanding the emotions and self regulation that children go through and by respecting and acknowledging their emotions.

The Kings Road Nursery aims to provide a safe, caring and friendly environment for the children. We will not tolerate any form of bullying in the nursery as it is unacceptable behaviour. The children are taught the Nursery rules on how to behave towards one another which should always be role modelled from the adults. 

To ensure the nursery follows the policy in accordance with the needs of a child with a food allergy or in accordance with medical requirements or religious beliefs an alternative vegetarian meal is offered to children to ensure their dietary needs are met. These may be due to medical, religious or cultural restrictions, or parental choice. All children who enter the Kings Road Nursery with an allergy will be safe guarded against it.

Extremism is defined as the holding of extreme political or religious views. It is a vocal or active opposition to fundamental British Values, including democracy, the rule of law, individual liberty, mutual respect and the tolerance of different faiths and beliefs. Radicalisation is the process by which people come to support terrorism, violent extremism, and in some cases, to the participate in terrorist groups, which can mean leaving their country to pursue this. There has been a shift from Islamic concerns, more to Far-right extremism locally and the biggest threat is ‘Online Radicalisation’.

We believe that it is important to value all babies and children as competent learners from birth All children have, from birth, a need to develop; therefore we recognise their individuality, efforts and achievements. Relationships with adults and children are crucial in a child's life and a relationship with a key person is essential. Children learn best through play, interaction with people and active exploration of the world around them.