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K4 The legal requirements and guidance on health and safety, security, confidentiality of information, and safeguarding

In this lesson you will learn about the pieces of legislation and guidance for health and safety, security, confidentiality of information, and safeguarding that an early years setting must comply with.

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‘Early years foundation stage statutory framework’ from the Department for Education
Laser Reading text: ‘Legislation for health and safety, security, confidentiality of information, and safeguarding’
Laser Reading text: ‘Guidance for health and safety, security, confidentiality of information, and safeguarding’

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‘Health and Safety Law: What you need to know’ from the Health and safety Executive (HSE)
‘Key regulations’ from the Food Standards Agency
‘SEND code of practice: 0 to 25 years’ from the Department for Education and Department of Health and Social Care

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This section of the UK Government website is on ‘Fire safety: guidance for those with legal duties’ and contains documents on fire safety law and guidance for those who have a legal duty for fire safety in a relevant building to help them meet those duties.
Click to read more about ‘Working Together to Safeguard Children Statutory framework: legislation relevant to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children’, making notes on all the legislation mentioned.
This should be read alongside the statutory guidance, Working Together to Safeguard Children.
The Teach Early Years website includes this article on ‘Safeguarding in Early Years – Getting record keeping and confidentiality right’.
This page from Ofsted is a ‘Statement on confidentiality and data access’.
The law regarding the use of car seats, booster seats and seatbelts with children can be a little confusing. Read this article from the National Childcare Trust (NCT).

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