We deliver insurance and risk management solutions for nurseries
Our flexible products, helpful advice and claims service are all designed to deliver a service that goes beyond insurance cover alone - providing certainty for you and preparing your nursery for the journey ahead.
Nursery Insurance
Working in partnership with specialist education insurer, Ecclesiastical, we have used our extensive knowledge of the sector to create a nursery insurance product that is suitable for full-time day care nurseries and kindergartens. Designed to...
Risk Management
We offer a range of risk management support to our clients, including a range of helplines, access to legal documentation and much more. Click the links below to find out more: Helplines Helplines All the...
Helplines
Your Pound Gates insurance policy includes access to a range of services and helplines. Whether you simply need to ask a question about your policy, make a claim or require advice on issues including: legal,...
Partners & Accreditations
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Risk advice for nurseries
In partnership with Ecclesiastical Insurance, we provide a Risk Advice Library offering advice and support on a wide range of risk management subjects, from crisis management and business continuity planning to hygiene guidance and managing social media, helping you to successfully operate your nursery business. Below are a few samples. You'll find the complete suite here.
Dealing with a disease outbreak
In the event of a disease outbreak, all organisations have a key role to play in managing the risks to the health and safety of...
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Safeguarding in nurseries
Keeping children safe in childcare settings is a vitally important duty. This includes protecting them from abuse, neglect and exploitation. Given the high profile of...
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Preparing a Business Continuity Plan
Disaster strikes when you least expect it. Hopefully, a disaster will never happen, but if it does you need to be prepared so that the...
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How to keep play equipment safe
Playground equipment is provided by many organisations for use by children to help educate and entertain. This could be in schools, nurseries, care homes and...
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Risk Management
We offer a range of risk management support to our clients, including a range of helplines, access to legal documentation and much more. Click the links below to find out more: Helplines Helplines All the...
Advice for Making a Claim
Following an incident at your setting our priority is to ensure the process of making a claim is as simple and efficient as it can be, enabling your business to recover as quickly as possible....
Chartered Insurance Brokers
What do you look for in your firm of insurance advisers? That it is ethical and puts your interests first? That its people are competent, knowledgeable and committed to maintaining their professional capability? Those are precisely the...
Free Legal Documentation
Our comprehensive, jargon-free law guide will help you get to grips with business laws and regulations. And, our extensive range of easy-to-customise legal documents will help you to comply with the law and protect your...
Crisis Communications Support
Protecting your nursery’s reputation in the event of a crisis is critical. Our clients have access to 24-hour crisis communication support, delivered by leading public relations and crisis management experts. We live in a...
Partners, Offers & Discounts
Our carefully selected partners help reinforce our commitment to providing certainty for the nursery sector through products and services that deliver benefits beyond nursery insurance. Ecclesiastical – Ecclesiastical Insurance Group plc is a leading specialist...
Doing Good
We balance the desire for business success with the needs of the wider communities in which we are active and upon which we have an impact. The various accreditations we hold evidence our commitment to...
Meet the Team
Our nursery team understand your business and the challenges you face. They will work with you to ensure that you have the right level of insurance cover to suit you. To get in touch with...
Contact us
 Pound Gates Hyde Park House, Crown Street Ipswich, Suffolk IP1 3LG childcare@poundgates.com Call us on 01473 346118 Want to know more about Pound Gates Nursery? If you have a question, or want to start...