When devising your policies and procedures, consideration needs to be given to who your audience is - and exactly how much they need to know.
Your audience, in essence, will be made up of your key stakeholders, and that means the staff, parents, children and other professionals connected to your setting.
Thought needs to be given to the relevance of the policies. Consider your health and safety policy, for example: would a telephone engineer or a student need to know every detail? It may be that the only part they need to know for a short visit is the fire drill and means of escape in case of emergency.
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