Student Placement Policy

This pre-school recognises that qualifications and training make an important contribution to the quality of the care and education provided by pre-school settings. As part of our commitment to quality, we welcome students who are undertaking early years` qualifications and training into the pre-school. We also offer placements for school pupils on work experience. We aim to provide for students on placement with us experiences which contribute to the successful completion of their studies, and which provide examples of quality practice in early years care and education.

• We require students to have DBS checks carried out. 
  

• We require schools placing students under the age of 17 years with the pre-school to vouch for their good character.
  

• We supervise students under the age of 17 years at all times and do not allow them to have unsupervised access to children.
  

• Students who are placed in our pre-school on a short term basis are not counted in our staffing ratios. Students who are placed for longer periods – e.g. a year – may be counted in our staffing ratios provided we consider them competent.
  

• We require students to keep to our confidentiality policy.
  

• We cooperate with students` tutors in order to help students to fulfil the requirements of their course of study.
  

• We provide students, at the first session of their placement, with a short induction on how our pre-school is managed, how our sessions are organised and our policies and procedures.
  

• We communicate a positive message to students about the value of qualifications and training.
  

• We make the needs of the children paramount by not admitting students in numbers which hinder the essential work of the pre-school.
  

• We ensure that students placed with us are engaged in bona fide early years` training which provides the necessary background understanding of children’s development and activities.