Safeguarding and promoting children's welfare

Keep these phone numbers to hand by displaying copies of the staying safe poster (PDF, 190KB) provided by the Cheshire East Early Years and Childcare team.

If you have children attending your setting who live outside of Cheshire East you must also keep contact details for the local authority in which they live. You should also make yourself aware of the LSCB procedures for those local authorities.

Please visit the Cheshire East Local Safeguarding Children's Partnership (CESCP) website for further information about keeping children safe in Cheshire East. The section headed ‘learning and improvement’ includes the CESCP Training Programme for practitioners.

Welfare and safeguarding requirements

All practitioners working with children and young people have a duty to ensure they are kept safe and that their needs are met appropriately.

All providers must adhere to the Safeguarding and Welfare Requirements in the Statutory Framework for the Early Years Foundation Stage.

Model safeguarding policy

• Early Years model safeguarding policy for Childminders October 2026 (MS Word, 766KB)
• Early Years model safeguarding policy for group based providers October 2026 (MS Word, 773KB)

If you require any specific guidance, please contact Earlyyearsandchildcareteam@cheshireeast.gov.uk.

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