A registration fee is required in advance when a place is allocated. Thereafter fees are paid on 1st of each month in advance 51 weeks of the year. Cheques will be accepted only if accompanied by a Bankers' card. Full fees are charged should a child be absent through either sickness or holidays.

Minimum 2 days, or minimum 3 sessions.

The Nursery is closed for one week at Christmas, plus Bank Holidays and two staff training days. The staff training days are the Tuesday after the 1st Bank holiday in May and the Tuesday after the August Bank holiday.

Any child with an infection must be kept at home. Should a child become ill at the Nursery every effort will be made to contact the parent/carer, who will be expected to collect their child as soon as possible.

Medication can be administered ONLY if it has been prescribed by a doctor. A form is signed by the parent/carer giving the staff permission to administer the medication to your child.

Parents are greeted at the door on arrival by a member of staff and the child is them marked in the daily register. We will only let your child leave the Nursery with a person known to the staff. Parents/carers are asked NOT to let anybody into the Nursery or answer the door for security reasons.

A Health and Safety check is carried out monthly to ensure that your child can play and learn in a safe environment.

Fire drills take place four times a year. No smoking is allowed on the premises. All fire equipment is regularly checked by a registered Fire Protection Company.

All staff have current first aid training there are 2 First Aid Boxes in the Nursery. All accidents, no matter how small are recorded in an accident book. This is signed by a member of staff dealing with the incident, then countersigned by another member of staff and finally signed by a parent/carer.

We have a detailed Child Protection Policy. The staff at Fullers Hall Day Nursery acknowledge their responsibility to safeguard and promote the welfare of any child in their care. We intend to create an environment in which children are safe from abuse and in which any suspicion of abuse is promptly and appropriately responded to.

A waiting list operates on a "first come first served" basis. Siblings of children who are attending Nursery will get priority. Priority may also be given to a child in need as defined in The Children Act 1989. When offering places to those on the waiting list we have to ensure that we stay within the required ratios set by OFSTED.

The Nursery recognises that many different types of family group can and do successfully love and care for children. The Nursery aims to offer support to all families.

Our aim is to show respectful awareness of all the major events in the lives of the children and families in the Nursery, and in our society as a whole, and to welcome the diversity of background from which they come. In order to achieve this:

• Without indoctrination in any specific faith, children will be made aware of the festivals, which are being celebrated by their own families or others, and will be introduced where appropriate to the stories behind the festivals
• Before introducing a festival with which the staff in the Nursery are not themselves familiar, appropriate advice will be sought from parents and other people who are familiar with that festival.
• Children and families who celebrate at home festivals with which the rest of the Nursery is not familiar will be invited to share their festival with the rest of the group, if they themselves wish to do so.
• Children will become familiar with and enjoy taking part in a range of festivals, together with the stories, celebrations and special food and clothing they involve, as part of the diversity of life.

These will be chosen to give children a balanced view of the world and an appreciation of the rich diversity of our multi-racial society.

Materials will be selected to help children to develop their self-respect and to respect other people by avoiding stereotypes and by using images and words, which reflect positively the contribution of all members of society.

As part of the settlings policy to make sure that its provision meets the needs of each individual child, we take account of any special needs a child may have.

The Nursery recognises that children have a wide range of needs which may vary from time to time, and will consider what part it can play in meeting these needs as they arise.

Planning for Nursery events will take into account the needs of people with special educational needs and disabilities.

Any discriminatory language, behaviour or remarks by children, parents or any other adults are unacceptable in the Nursery.

Our response will aim to demonstrate support for victim(s), to help those responsible to understand and over come their prejudices and to make it clear that such behaviour/remarks will not be tolerated.

Basic information, written and spoken, will be clearly communicated in as many languages as are necessary and possible.

Bilingual/multilingual children and adults are an asset to the whole group.

Children and parents who have English as a second or additional language will be valued and their languages recognised and respected in the Nursery.

The Nursery will make every effort to ensure that the time, place and conduct of meetings enable the majority of parents to attend so that all families have an equal opportunity to be involved in and informed about the Nursery.

The Nursery is managed on a daily basis by the Nursery manager employed by the committee.

A parent management committee - whose members are elected by the parents of the children who attend the Nursery - manages the Nursery. The elections take place at our Annual General Meeting.