General Safeguarding and Welfare Requirement: Safety and Suitability of Premises, Environment and Equipment

Providers must have a no-smoking policy, and must prevent smoking in a room, or outside play area, when children are present or about to be present

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BCC – The Ark Preschool and Daycare

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SAFETY AND SUITABILITY OF PREMISES, ENVIRONMENT AND EQUIPMENT

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8.7 No-smoking

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Policy statement

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We comply with health and safety regulations and the Safeguarding and Welfare Requirements of the Early Years Foundation Stage in making our setting a no-smoking environment - both indoors and outdoors.

Procedures

 

• All staff, parents and volunteers are made aware of our No-smoking Policy.

• We display no-smoking signs.

• The No-smoking Policy is stated in our information for parents.

• Parents are asked not to smoke in the play area outside while waiting for the setting to open.

• We actively encourage no-smoking by having information for parents and staff about where to get help to stop smoking if they are seeking this information.

• Staff who smoke do not do so during working hours.

• Staff who smoke while off the premises make every effort to reduce the effect of the odour and lingering effects of passive smoking for children and colleagues.

 

Legal framework

• The Smoke-free (Premises and Enforcement) Regulations (2006)

• The Smoke-free (Signs) Regulations (2012)

 

This policy was adopted at a meeting of BCC – The Ark Preschool & Daycare

Held on November 2019

Date to be reviewed November 2020

 

Signed on behalf of the provider

Name of signatory Penny Osborne

Role of signatory (e.g. chair/owner) Manager