Nursery’s Waking Sleeping Children

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Dear Office for Standards in Education, Children's Services and Skills,

Nursery’s across the country quote Ofstead regulator guidance as a reason they are unable to wake a sleeping baby or toddler after an adequate amount of sleep. Does this guidance exist?

When parents request their toddler is woken after adequate sleep; due to excessive daytime sleeping having a wider negative impact and it is believed the benefits of waking a sleeping child outweigh the benefits of leaving a child to sleep. Parents. Would the regulator support a nursery in this practice at the request of a (1) parent / (2) health visitor or (3) a GP?

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John Anthony

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Dear Mr Anthony

 

Thank you for your email.

 

It may be helpful for me to explain that Ofsted regulates childminders and
childcare providers against the requirements of 2 separate registers: the
Early Years Register (for those providing care for children aged from
birth to the 31 August following their fifth birthday); and the Childcare
Register. The Childcare Register is divided into 2 parts: the compulsory
part, for those providing care for children from 1 September following the
child’s fifth birthday to under 8; and the voluntary part, for those
providing care for children up to the age of 18 for which registration is
not required but who choose to do so.

 

Providers on the Early Years Register must meet both the welfare and the
learning and development requirements set out in the statutory framework
for the early years foundation stage (EYFS) and the requirements for
registration set out in ‘The Childcare (Early Years Register) Regulations
2008’. Providers on the Childcare Register must meet the requirements set
out in The Childcare (General Childcare Register) Regulations. These
requirements are set by the Department for Education.

 

Ofsted inspect those on the early years register against the requirements
of the EYFS and whilst this does have requirements about safer sleeping
practices and the need to check sleeping babies the legislation does not
set out requirements for sleep routines. It is the childcare provider’s
responsibility to work with parents/carers and agree sleep practices which
meet the needs of the child. It is important to have clear and consistent
practices in place for children’s sleep routines which should be agreed
with parents and communicated to staff. Practitioners should know the
circumstances in which children may be woken, as well as the procedures
for doing so safely and gently. They will also be best placed to consider
the individual needs of each child, including their age, temperament, and
sleeping patterns. Some children may be more sensitive to being woken up
than others and may require additional support and reassurance.

 

Childcare providers should regularly review their sleep practices and
procedures to ensure that they reflect current best practice and are being
followed consistently.

 

Regards

 

  Aaron Smith

Policy Officer | Early Years Regulatory Policy and Practice

Regulation and Social Care Directorate

Piccadilly Gate, Store Street, Manchester, M1 2WD

* [1][email address] ( 0300 123 1231

Empowering the workforce to give children the best start in life.

 

 

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