Safeguarding children partnership
Tameside Safeguarding Children Partnership
Tameside Safeguarding Children Partnership is the local safeguarding children partnership for Tameside, covering 110 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://tamesidescp.org.uk/
- Report a concern about a child in Tameside: https://www.tameside.gov.uk/socialcareservices/childprotection/worried-about-a-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
Tameside
Across Tameside, children's social care recorded trafficking, sexual abuse by another child and physical abuse by another child in a higher share of assessments than across England.
110 open schools, each with a page on the safeguarding context around it.
Schools and figures for TamesideQuestions about Tameside Safeguarding Children Partnership
Which areas does Tameside Safeguarding Children Partnership cover?
Tameside Safeguarding Children Partnership covers Tameside, with 110 open schools.
Where is the Tameside 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://tamesidescp.org.uk/. Check there for the current version.
What should a designated safeguarding lead hold from Tameside 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 Tameside 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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