Information Sharing

EYFS key themes and commitments

A Unique Child	Positive Relationships	Enabling Environments	Learning and Development
1.1 Child development	2.1 Respecting each other	3.1 Observation, Assessment and Planning	4.1 Play and exploration
1.2 Inclusive practice	2.2 Parents as partners	3.2 Supporting every child	4.2 Active learning
1.3 Keeping safe	2.3 Supporting learning	3.3 The learning environment	4.3 Creativity and critical thinking
1.4 Health and well-being	2.4 Key person	3.4 The wider context	4.4 Personal, social and emotional development

More information on Early Years Foundation Stage.

Policy Statement

We recognise that parents have a right to know that information they share will be regarded as confidential as well as be informed about the circumstances, and reasons, when we are obliged to share information.

We are obliged to share confidential information without authorisation from the person who provided it or to whom it relates if it is in the public interest. That is when:

it is to prevent a crime from being committed or intervene where one may have been, or to prevent harm to a child or adult; or
not sharing it could be worse than the outcome of having shared it.

The decision should never be made as an individual, but with the back up of management committee officers. The three critical criteria are:

Where there is evidence that the child is suffering, or is at risk of suffering, significant harm.
Where there is reasonable cause to believe that a child may be suffering, or at risk of suffering, significant harm.
To prevent significant harm arising to children and young people or serious harm to adults, including the prevention, detection and prosecution of serious crime.

Last updated by Andy Stone on 25 Jul 2011 - 22:24