The Statutory Framework for the Early Years Foundation Stage: Setting the Standards for Learning, Development and Care for Children from Birth to Five sets out the necessary steps that nurseries must take to safeguard and promote the welfare of children. The Practice Guidance for the Early Years Foundation Stage (the Guidance) provides additional guidelines for nursery operators.
The Statutory Framework confirms that 'providers must ensure that adults looking after children, or having unsupervised access to them, are suitable to do so.' Therefore, all nursery operators need to be sure they have procedures in place that ensure that they recruit staff who are both: (i) the most suitable candidates for the position; (ii) safe to work with children.
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