Gwent Safeguarding Board: threshold document, procedures and reporting a concern

Where to find it

Procedures, local arrangements, training and learning reviews: https://www.gwentsafeguarding.org.uk/
Report a concern about a child in Blaenau Gwent: https://www.gwentsafeguarding.org.uk/en/report-a-child-at-risk
Report a concern about a child in Caerphilly: https://www.gwentsafeguarding.org.uk/en/report-a-child-at-risk
Report a concern about a child in Monmouthshire: https://www.gwentsafeguarding.org.uk/en/report-a-child-at-risk
Report a concern about a child in Newport: https://www.gwentsafeguarding.org.uk/en/report-a-child-at-risk
Report a concern about a child in Torfaen: https://www.gwentsafeguarding.org.uk/en/report-a-child-at-risk

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

Blaenau Gwent

Across Blaenau Gwent, children's services recorded 18 children where child exploitation was a factor in 2024-25.

25 open schools, each with a page on the safeguarding context around it.

Schools and figures for Blaenau Gwent

Caerphilly

Across Caerphilly, children's services recorded 55 children where child exploitation was a factor in 2024-25.

85 open schools, each with a page on the safeguarding context around it.

Schools and figures for Caerphilly

Monmouthshire

Across Monmouthshire, children's services recorded 30 children where child exploitation was a factor in 2024-25.

41 open schools, each with a page on the safeguarding context around it.

Schools and figures for Monmouthshire

Newport

Across Newport, children's services recorded 176 children where child exploitation was a factor in 2024-25.

60 open schools, each with a page on the safeguarding context around it.

Schools and figures for Newport

Torfaen

Across Torfaen, children's services recorded 67 children where child exploitation was a factor in 2024-25.

33 open schools, each with a page on the safeguarding context around it.

Schools and figures for Torfaen

Questions about Gwent Safeguarding Board

Which areas does Gwent Safeguarding Board cover?

Gwent Safeguarding Board covers Blaenau Gwent, Caerphilly, Monmouthshire, Newport and Torfaen, with 244 open schools between them.

Where does Gwent Safeguarding Board publish its procedures?

Schools in Wales follow the Wales Safeguarding Procedures, which are owned by the regional safeguarding boards. Gwent Safeguarding Board publishes its local arrangements, training and learning from reviews on its website, https://www.gwentsafeguarding.org.uk/.

What should a designated safeguarding lead hold from Gwent Safeguarding Board?

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 Gwent Safeguarding Board'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.

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.