Explain Why We Have Written Policies That Reflect The Welfare Requirements

All settings, with the possible exception of child minders, are meant to have written policies that reflect the Welfare Requirements. In practice, this means that we should have a range of policies covering everything from safeguarding children, equality of opportunity, admissions, behaviour, health and safety and medicines through to data protection and confidentiality. For each policy we are likely to need a set of procedures.
The five general welfare requirements for the EYFS are:
-Safeguarding and promoting children’s welfare
-Suitable people
- Suitable premises, environment and equipment
-Documentation