A safer sleep policy for nurseries, pre-schools and childminders reflecting the strengthened EYFS sleep requirements from September 2026, with sleep plans, a sleep check chart and staff checklist.
Childcare
Safer Sleep Policy and Sleep Check Record
About this document
Sets out how your setting makes sure babies and young children sleep safely – sleeping position, equipment, room conditions, supervision and frequent checks – and how you agree sleep routines with parents. It reflects the safer sleep wording now in the EYFS statutory framework and national safer sleep advice.
The document is laid out in the sections below. Each one comes with a plain-English guidance note explaining what it does and what to change.
Our templates are professionally structured starting points for UK businesses, not legal advice. For anything complex, unusual or high-value, have your final version checked by a solicitor.
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