Regional safeguarding board
West Glamorgan Safeguarding Board
West Glamorgan Safeguarding Board is the regional safeguarding board for Neath Port Talbot and Swansea, covering 165 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://www.wgsb.wales/
- Report a concern about a child in Neath Port Talbot: https://www.wgsb.wales/21942
- Report a concern about a child in Swansea: https://www.wgsb.wales/21942
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
Neath Port Talbot
Across Neath Port Talbot, children's services recorded 69 children where child exploitation was a factor in 2024-25.
65 open schools, each with a page on the safeguarding context around it.
Schools and figures for Neath Port TalbotSwansea
Across Swansea, children's services recorded 90 children where child exploitation was a factor in 2024-25.
100 open schools, each with a page on the safeguarding context around it.
Schools and figures for SwanseaQuestions about West Glamorgan Safeguarding Board
Which areas does West Glamorgan Safeguarding Board cover?
West Glamorgan Safeguarding Board covers Neath Port Talbot and Swansea, with 165 open schools between them.
Where does West Glamorgan Safeguarding Board publish its procedures?
Schools in Wales follow the Wales Safeguarding Procedures, which are owned by the regional safeguarding boards. West Glamorgan Safeguarding Board publishes its local arrangements, training and learning from reviews on its website, https://www.wgsb.wales/.
What should a designated safeguarding lead hold from West Glamorgan 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 West Glamorgan 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.
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