Safeguarding children partnership
East Sussex Safeguarding Children Partnership
East Sussex Safeguarding Children Partnership is the local safeguarding children partnership for East Sussex, covering 220 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.esscp.org.uk/
- Report a concern about a child in East Sussex: https://www.eastsussex.gov.uk/children-families/report-a-concern-child
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
East Sussex
Across East Sussex, children's social care recorded child criminal exploitation, child sexual exploitation, gangs, going missing, sexual abuse by another child and physical abuse by another child in a higher share of assessments than across England.
220 open schools, each with a page on the safeguarding context around it.
Schools and figures for East SussexQuestions about East Sussex Safeguarding Children Partnership
Which areas does East Sussex Safeguarding Children Partnership cover?
East Sussex Safeguarding Children Partnership covers East Sussex, with 220 open schools.
Where is the East Sussex 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.esscp.org.uk/. Check there for the current version.
What should a designated safeguarding lead hold from East Sussex 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 East Sussex 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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