Model Policies, Templates & Tools

Audit and assessment tools:

• Early Years safeguarding audit tool, July 2017

• Early Years safeguarding planning tool, June 17

• 2 year FEL safeguarding self-assessment tool, June 17

• Quality audit for 2 year olds, June 17

Child protection conferences and plans:

• Child protection conference report template

• Documents to support a child with a child protection plan, June 17

E-safeguarding:

• Model Early Years Online Safeguarding Policy, Nov 17

• Early Years and Childcare Setting’s Online Safety Self-assessment Tool, Nov 17

Information for families:

• Fire prevention leaflet for families

• Child protection concerns about their child: what parents and carers should know, April 17

Model safeguarding policies:

• Early Years setting model safeguarding policy and child protection procedure, April 17

Risk assessment:

• Foundation stage risk assessment booklet 2017

Safeguarding recording sheets:

• Model admission form, June 17

• Safeguarding recording sheets, June 17

• Record of transfer of safeguarding documents, June 17

• Confirmation of Referral to Children’s Social Care (MACF)

Safeguarding supervision:

• Early Years Settings model supervision policy, April 17

• Safeguarding Supervision Audit Tool, June 17

Suitable people:

• Recruitment and selection checklist, June 17

• Annual appraisal checklist, June 17

• Organisational issues that increase the risk of abuse, June 17

• Individual issues that increase the risk of abuse, June 17

• Reducing the risk of abuse in an EarlyYears setting, June 17

Whistleblowing:

• Developing a whistleblowing policy and procedure for EY settings, April 17

• Whistleblowing policy and procedure for registered Early Years settings: self-assessment tool, June 17

 Data Protection:

• Model data protection toolkit, May 18