Attendance 

Absence

 

Parents are requested to telephone the setting within one hour of the time their child would have been expected on every day of absence to inform us of the reason for non-attendance and to keep us updated on their child’s health.

 

In line with our Safeguarding Policy, we are prepared to act if we have concerns about the welfare of a child who fails to arrive at a session when expected. The designated person will take immediate action to contact the child’s parent to seek an explanation for the child’s absence and assurance that the child is safe and well. If no contact is made with the child’s parents, and the designated person has reason to believe the child is at risk of significant harm, the relevant professionals will be contacted immediately and LSCB procedures will be followed. If the child has current involvement with social care, the social worker will be notified on the day of the unexplained absence.

 

Illness

 

Parents are requested to keep their children away if they are suffering with Mumps, Measles, Chicken Pox or any other serious infectious disease and to be guided by their GP before returning. Should your child have conjunctivitis they may return to pre-school 24 hours after treatment has started. Furthermore, parents are requested not to bring into pre-school any child who has been vomiting or had diarrhoea until 48 hours has elapsed since the last attack.

 

Children who have been prescribed medication cannot return to pre-school until 48 hours after first administration to ensure that there are no side effects. Rainbow will assist in this only if the relevant permission forms have been completed.

 

In the event your child is sent home from pre-school when they are unwell, please refrain from returning your child for at least 48 hours to avoid us having to recall you should they relapse.

 

Rainbow Pre-school will refuse admission to any child who has had Calpol, or similar medication administered prior to their arrival at the setting.

 

Late Collection of Children from Pre-school

 

When a parent/carer is late picking up their child from pre-school it means that two members of staff must stay beyond their hours to care for that child. Not only does the child become distressed, but the staff work unpaid and obviously they are not able to go about their own business.

 

Rainbow Pre-school operates late pick-up fines on the following basis. In the event of circumstances beyond your control, and provided we are informed before pick-up time, the first 5 minutes following the end of the session may be excused. However, beyond this we will charge £1 per minute that you are late. This enables us to compensate the qualified staff that remain with your child.

 

We would also point out that after a certain period of time; we are required to contact Social Services as the child is considered abandoned.