A young child who is lost is immediately vulnerable. While he or she could be at risk of abduction, the risk of becoming an accident victim is far greater.
In a nursery situation a child would be classed as lost if they have managed to 'escape' from the building or garden; if collected by an unapproved adult; or they have become separated from the main group during an outing.
It is a legal requirement that early years settings have a policy document for dealing with lost children. The policy should set out the procedures that are followed as soon as it is discovered that a child is missing. These include finding out who last saw the child, when and where.
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