Regional safeguarding board
Mid and West Wales Safeguarding Board (CYSUR)
Mid and West Wales Safeguarding Board (CYSUR) is the regional safeguarding board for Carmarthenshire, Ceredigion, Pembrokeshire and Powys, covering 327 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, local arrangements, training and learning reviews: https://cysur.wales/
- Report a concern about a child in Carmarthenshire: https://www.cysur.wales/contacts-and-useful-links/reporting-concerns-child/
- Report a concern about a child in Ceredigion: https://www.cysur.wales/contacts-and-useful-links/reporting-concerns-child/
- Report a concern about a child in Pembrokeshire: https://www.cysur.wales/contacts-and-useful-links/reporting-concerns-child/
- Report a concern about a child in Powys: https://www.cysur.wales/contacts-and-useful-links/reporting-concerns-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
Carmarthenshire
Across Carmarthenshire, children's services recorded 65 children where child exploitation was a factor in 2024-25.
121 open schools, each with a page on the safeguarding context around it.
Schools and figures for CarmarthenshireCeredigion
42 open schools, each with a page on the safeguarding context around it.
Schools and figures for CeredigionPembrokeshire
Across Pembrokeshire, children's services recorded 24 children where child exploitation was a factor in 2024-25.
69 open schools, each with a page on the safeguarding context around it.
Schools and figures for PembrokeshirePowys
Across Powys, children's services recorded 159 children where child exploitation was a factor in 2024-25.
95 open schools, each with a page on the safeguarding context around it.
Schools and figures for PowysQuestions about Mid and West Wales Safeguarding Board (CYSUR)
Which areas does Mid and West Wales Safeguarding Board (CYSUR) cover?
Mid and West Wales Safeguarding Board (CYSUR) covers Carmarthenshire, Ceredigion, Pembrokeshire and Powys, with 327 open schools between them.
Where does Mid and West Wales Safeguarding Board (CYSUR) publish its procedures?
Schools in Wales follow the Wales Safeguarding Procedures, which are owned by the regional safeguarding boards. Mid and West Wales Safeguarding Board (CYSUR) publishes its local arrangements, training and learning from reviews on its website, https://cysur.wales/.
What should a designated safeguarding lead hold from Mid and West Wales Safeguarding Board (CYSUR)?
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 Mid and West Wales Safeguarding Board (CYSUR)'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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