Confidentiality Policy

The pre-school's work with children and families will sometimes bring us into contact with confidential information.

To ensure that all those using and working in the pre-school can do so with confidence, we will respect confidentiality in the following ways:

• Parents will have ready access to the files and records of their own children but will not have access to information about any other child.

• Staff will not discuss individual children, other than for purposes of curriculum planning/group management, with people other than the parents/carers of that child.

• Information given by parents/carers to the pre-school leader or keyworker will not be passed on to other adults without permission.

• Issues to do with the employment of staff, whether paid or unpaid, will remain confidential to the people directly involved with making personnel decisions.

• Any anxieties/evidence relating to a child's personal safety will be kept in a confidential file and will not be shared within the group except with the child's keyworker/playleader and the chair/owner.

• Students on Pre-school Learning Alliance or other recognised qualifications and training, when they are observing in the pre-school, will be advised of our confidentiality policy and required to respect it.

All the undertakings above are subject to the paramount commitment of the pre-school which is to the safety and wellbeing of the child. Please see also our policy on child protection.

This policy was adopted at the Blakesley Pre-School Playgroup Annual General Meeting on 30th June 2003