Westmorland and Furness Safeguarding Children Partnership: threshold document, procedures and reporting a concern

Where to find it

Procedures, the threshold document, training and learning reviews: https://wfscp.org.uk/
Report a concern about a child in Westmorland and Furness: https://www.westmorlandandfurness.gov.uk/health-and-social-care/children-and-families/concerns-about-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

Westmorland and Furness

Across Westmorland and Furness, children's social care recorded physical abuse by another child in a higher share of assessments than across England.

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

Schools and figures for Westmorland and Furness

Questions about Westmorland and Furness Safeguarding Children Partnership

Which areas does Westmorland and Furness Safeguarding Children Partnership cover?

Westmorland and Furness Safeguarding Children Partnership covers Westmorland and Furness, with 161 open schools.

Where is the Westmorland and Furness 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://wfscp.org.uk/. Check there for the current version.

What should a designated safeguarding lead hold from Westmorland and Furness 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 Westmorland and Furness 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.

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.