Safeguarding children partnership
BCP Safeguarding Children Partnership
BCP Safeguarding Children Partnership is the local safeguarding children partnership for Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, covering 115 open schools. This page gathers where it publishes its procedures, how to report a concern about a child in each area, and what children's services record there. It is not the partnership's own site.
Where to find it
- Procedures, the threshold document, training and learning reviews: https://www.bcpsafeguardingchildren.co.uk/
- Report a concern about a child in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole: http://www.bournemouth.gov.uk/ChildrenEducation/ChildrensSocialCare/ChildrensSocialCare.aspx
If a child is in immediate danger, call 999. Staff in a school tell the designated safeguarding lead first. Links checked 27 September 2026.
What a designated safeguarding lead should hold from it
- Its published safeguarding arrangements and current priorities.
- Its threshold document, sometimes called the continuum of need, which sets out when a concern should be referred to children's social care.
- The route to early help.
- The procedure for allegations against staff.
- Its latest local learning reviews.
Check each when the child protection policy is reviewed, and name the partnership in the policy.
The areas it covers
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
Across Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, children's social care recorded child criminal exploitation, trafficking and physical abuse by another child in a higher share of assessments than across England.
115 open schools, each with a page on the safeguarding context around it.
Schools and figures for Bournemouth, Christchurch and PooleQuestions about BCP Safeguarding Children Partnership
Which areas does BCP Safeguarding Children Partnership cover?
BCP Safeguarding Children Partnership covers Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, with 115 open schools.
Where is the BCP Safeguarding Children Partnership threshold document?
The partnership publishes its procedures and its threshold document, sometimes called the continuum of need, which sets out when a concern should be referred to children's social care, on its website, https://www.bcpsafeguardingchildren.co.uk/. Check there for the current version.
What should a designated safeguarding lead hold from BCP Safeguarding Children Partnership?
Its published arrangements and current priorities, its threshold document, the route to early help, the procedure for allegations against staff, and its latest learning reviews, each checked when the child protection policy is reviewed.
Is this BCP Safeguarding Children Partnership's own website?
No. This page is published by Safeguarding Context, which is independent of the partnership, to help schools find their local arrangements. The partnership's own website is the current source for its procedures and contacts.
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Partnership and council links from the Safeguarding Context list of local arrangements, checked every week. Children's services figures from the Department for Education and the Welsh Government, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.