Arrival Policy
The preschool open the external gate at 9 am each morning. Before this time, all children are not permitted on the site and remain the responsibility of their parents and carers who bought them. Please be mindful that we are directly next to the primary school car park and its access road. Although there is adequate space to wait until the gate is opened on the pavement. Please do keep a careful eye on your children as the access road is used by many vehicles at this time. A member of the staff team will open and monitor the gate until such time as all the attendees for the session at the end of the morning session, the gate will remain locked for all of the duration of preschool. There is opportunities to talk to members of staff at drop-off, but if you wish to have more in-depth conversations with staff members, please do make an appointment so these can be held in a more private part of the setting. If access is required to the preschool during its opening hours, then please do ring the bell situated to the right of the preschool gate. Visitors to the Setting will only be permitted once it has been established the reason for the visit and any relevant identification has been verified.
When arriving in the setting children placed their items into a coat peg in the lobby area. Children should store lunchboxes and snacks in the appropriate places as directed by star. Items bought from home remain the responsibility of the child and the preschool accept any liability for such items. Please make sure that all items your child brings into the setting is clearly marked with their name.
It is vital that if your child is not going to attend a booked session for any reason you must inform the setting either in person by phone calls, text message email or on tapestry messages as soon as possible. As part of our safeguarding duties, we will follow up on any unreported absences.
An earlier start time can be arranged, but only by prior agreement and will incur an additional cost as this will not be covered by the use of any of your Childs funding.
Reviewed and updated 25/09/2025
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