This 4 in 1 safeguarding pack for childminders contains four useful tools in one pack. An editable safeguarding policy, notes about types of abuse and harmful situations, 40 multiple choice safeguarding questions and a useful safeguarding audit tool.

• Resource one: A detailed and fully editable safeguarding and child protection policy for childminders. The policy in this pack is designed to help you create a policy which is tailored exactly to your childminding setting, meeting the requirements of the EYFS and helping you make sure you have everything covered effectively. It has been fully reformatted for 2026 to make it much more user friendly. 
• Resource Two: Notes on types of abuse and harmful situations.
• Resource Three: Forty multiple choice safeguarding questions to help you revise your safeguarding knowledge.
• Resource Four: Safeguarding Audit Tool. 
• BONUS resource: Safer Sleep Policy.

Please note: This is NOT a safeguarding training product. In order to fulfil the legal requirements of the EYFS you must attend training which is approved by your local authority and from September 2025 fulfils the requirements set out in Annex C of the EYFS.

Last Updated: July 2026 (Complies with September 2026 requirements)

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Resource one: Editable Safeguarding Policy

No two safeguarding policies are the same.

• Your local authority may supply you a template for your childminding safeguarding policy. However, if they do not it is important not to just download a ‘one size fits all’ policy from the internet and then forget all about it. Firstly it is important that you understand your safeguarding policy and secondly the EYFS requires that your safeguarding policy is in-line with your local safeguarding board:

'Childminders must have and implement policies and procedures to keep children safe and meet EYFS requirements. Childminders solely registered on the early years register or with an early years CMA are not required to have written policies and procedures. However, they must be able to explain their policies and procedures to parents, carers, and others (for example Ofsted inspectors or the CMA with which 16  they are registered). Childminders must ensure any assistants11 follow these policies and procedures. Policies and procedures should be in line with the guidance and procedures of the relevant LSP.' 

Statutory Framework for the Early Years Foundation Stage - For Childminders 2026. Section 3.6

If you just use a generic childminding safeguarding policy, it may not contain the information that you need, therefore the ‘Safeguarding and Child Protection Policy’ in this pack is specially designed for you to edit so that it becomes tailored exclusively to your setting.

The safeguarding policy has been fully reformatted and designed for 2026 to make it much more user friendly. Several new sections have been added. It also now includes special pages designed in a printable poster format helping you to quickly access information about what to do if you have concerns about a child and who to contact.

The policy contains all safeguarding procedures to follow. These are listed in the contents at the very front of the policy to help you keep track of them:

• Safeguarding Policy Statement
• What is meant by the Term 'Safeguarding'
• Policy Statement
• Procedures
• Important Contact Details(Newly designed in a printable poster format helping you to quickly access the information as soon as you need it.)
• Publications And Information I Will Refer To
• Training And Keeping Up to Date
• Record Of My Relevant Safeguarding Training
• Training And Keeping Assistants Up to Date. (New section for 2026)
• Record of Assistants Safeguarding Training - (including supervision sessions)
• What I Will Do If I Have Concerns About a Child (Newly designed in a printable poster format helping you to quickly access the information as soon as you need it.)
• Disclosure From a Child
• Monitoring Low-Level Concerns (New section for 2026) (The Early Years Inspection Toolkit says that you need to have clear procedures for monitoring low-level concerns. This new section will help you fulfill these requirements.)
• Allegations Against Myself, an Assistant or a Member of My Family
• Suitable People
• Suitable People – Employing New Assistants (New section for 2026)
• Suitable People – Working with Assistants (New section for 2026)
• Whistleblowing
• Conflict Resolution
• The Use of Mobile Phones, Cameras and Electronic Devices with Imaging and Sharing Capabilities
• Internet Safety
• Use of digital images – still and moving
• Public Information Sharing On-line - UPDATED May 2026 - was previously called social media
• Sleeping Babies - UPDATED July 2026
• Working with Parents
• Confidentiality and Information Sharing Protocols
• Safer Eating
• Protecting Older Children
• Missing Children
• Parent Under the Influence of Alcohol or Drugs
• Private Fostering (New for 2026. Private Fostering is directly mentioned in the Early Years Inspection Toolkit. This section will help you fulfil these requirements.)
• Banned Dog Breeds (New for Sep 2026)

Note about written policies:

Childminders only must have a written safeguarding policy if you are registered on the Childcare Register. If you are not on the Childcare Register, you must have a safeguarding policy, but it does not need to be written down. However at least reading the policy in this pack and the attached notes is a useful exercise to refresh your memory and it can be very useful to have information written down in a clear way in case you ever need it, even if you never share it with anyone else.

Resource Two: Notes on Types of Abuse and Harmful Situations

This resources consists of notes on lots of the main forms of abuse or safeguarding scenarios which you may need to be aware of.

This resource has been reviewed in 2026 and an extra section on private fostering has been added. This will help you fulfil the requirements laid out in the Early Years Inspection Toolkit 2025.

This resources contains information about:

• General Signs of Abuse
• Physical Abuse
• Emotional Abuse
• Sexual abuse and exploitation
• Neglect - with additional information added for September 2026
• Affluent Neglect
• Domestic Abuse
• Non-Mobile Babies
• Abusive Head Trauma
• Female Genital Mutilation
• Breast Ironing/Breast Flattening
• Forced Marriage
• Belief Based Abuse
• Outside Factors
• Child Criminal Exploitation and County Lines
• Sexual Exploitation
• Prevent Duty and Radicalisation
• Child on Child Abuse
• Private Fostering (New for 2026)

(Important: Please note: This pack IS NOT a safeguarding training pack and these notes are not intended to be complete guide to safeguarding. They are  ‘revision’ notes to help refresh your knowledge on some safeguarding. They do not cover absolutely all safeguarding issues.)

Resource Three: 40 multiple choice safeguarding questions to help you revise your knowledge.

Most of the questions are based on information taken from the following documents:

• ‘Working Together to Safeguard Children.’ 2015 (Updated March 2026)
• ‘What to do if you are worried a child is being abused.’ 2015.
• ‘The Prevent Duty Guidance.’ June 2023

These are all documents which you are either required to know or are useful to know so these questions will help you fulfil these requirements.

The questions are split into two sets of twenty so that you don’t feel you have to do them all at once! You can even cut them up to make into a safeguarding quiz to do with other childminding friends.

Going through these questions is a good way to help you feel more prepared for an childminding inspection.

(This resource has been reviewed in 2026 with very minor changes made to one or two questions.)

Resource Four: Safeguarding Audit list - updated for the September 2026 EYFS for childminders

Although you may only have to complete safeguarding training once every two, it can be useful to audit your safeguarding knowledge and procedures on a more regular basis. This will help ensure you keep up to date and continue to improve your safeguarding knowledge and tools. This audit tool has been designed to help you do this in an effective and easy way. It is based on information from the statutory document, ‘Working Together to Safeguard Children,’ 2026  

This resource has been reformatted and reviewed in 2026 with minor updates to information and a reorganisation of the questions to make clear sections making it easier to use.

Pack Length: 67 Pages

'I've just worked through the questions, they were brilliant and put my mind at rest with regards to my knowledge!! Fantastic unique resource thank you!!' Philippa

IMPORTANT INFORMATION - PLEASE READ

N.B This pack is supplied as downloadable PDF and Word documents. Products ARE NOT sent out by post.

This pack is for individual setting use only.

This pack must only be used by the person buying it to use in a childminding or small early years setting with no more than four members of staff. You may not share any of the contents with anyone else outside your setting. Welly Wren Ltd is a small business so please support me by buying your own copy.

Permission is not granted for any of the contents of this pack to be be used or distributed to members within an agency, organisation, charity, council, trust, or any other business that is not a childminding business or small early years setting with no more than four members of staff.

Breaches of copyright and distribution permissions will result in legal action being pursued. 

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