Supervision of Visitors

Supervision of Visitors Policy

Providers are responsible for ensuring they follow the current version of the framework for their provider type.

At Just Little Kidz we take all reasonable steps to ensure the safety of children in our care. This includes making sure any visitors to the nursery are properly identified and supervised at all times.

All visitors must be signed in to the visitors’ book on arrival and signed out on departure.

The visitors’ book is kept on the nursery tablet. A member of staff signs each visitor in after checking their identity, and records:

• The visitor’s name, organisation, the reason for their visit and who they are seeing
• The type of identification seen, e.g. photo ID or a work identity badge. The number on the identification is never recorded
• The time they arrived and the time they left.

Prospective parents and families visiting for a tour do not need to show identification. They are signed in by the member of staff showing them round, each adult by name and any children with them, so everyone is on the fire list, and they are accompanied for the whole visit.

If a visitor has no identification, they do not go beyond reception until the manager has agreed. The manager is notified automatically when a visitor is signed in without identification.

Every visitor who is signed in appears on the nursery’s fire list until they are signed out, so they are included in any evacuation. The closing checks include confirming that all visitors have been signed out.

Visitors may include prospective parents, other professionals, e.g. local authority workers, Ofsted inspectors, people in the community that may come to talk to the children (e.g. librarians), contractors to complete work, deliveries etc.

Where applicable, we ask visitors to book in advance, so arrangements can be made to accompany them. The identity is checked of any visitors attending in a professional capacity, e.g. Ofsted inspectors, speech and language therapists.

All visitors are informed of any relevant policies including the Fire safety procedures and Mobile phone and electronic device use policy including the use of smartwatches and other devices capable of recording or sharing audio and/or images, e.g. smart (camera) glasses.

We give each visitor a visitor’s badge to wear to identify themselves to staff and parents within the nursery. A member of staff must accompany visitors in the nursery at all times while in the building; at no time should a visitor be left alone with a child unless under specific circumstances arranged previously with the manager.

Security of premises

• All external doors must be kept locked at all times and external gates closed. All internal doors and gates must be kept closed to ensure children are not able to leave the nursery unattended
• Staff, parents, visitors and students are reminded not to hold doors open or allow entry to any person, whether they know this person or not. Staff within the nursery should be the only people allowing external visitors and parents entry to the nursery.

The nursery will under no circumstances tolerate any form of harassment from third parties, including visitors, towards others, including children, staff members and parents. The police may be called in these circumstances.