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South Gloucestershire Children's Partnership

South Gloucestershire Children's Partnership is the local safeguarding children partnership for South Gloucestershire, covering 126 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

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

South Gloucestershire

Across South Gloucestershire, children's social care recorded trafficking and sexual abuse by another child in a higher share of assessments than across England.

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

Schools and figures for South Gloucestershire

Questions about South Gloucestershire Children's Partnership

Which areas does South Gloucestershire Children's Partnership cover?

South Gloucestershire Children's Partnership covers South Gloucestershire, with 126 open schools.

Where is the South Gloucestershire Children's 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://sites.southglos.gov.uk/safeguarding/. Check there for the current version.

What should a designated safeguarding lead hold from South Gloucestershire Children's 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 South Gloucestershire Children's 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.