Safeguarding context · Local authority
Barking and Dagenham: the safeguarding context
- 68 schools and colleges
- England
- Barking and Dagenham Safeguarding Children Partnership
Evidence of the local risks around every school and college in Barking and Dagenham, ready for your policy, your staff and your inspector.
What children's services, the health service and the police record across Barking and Dagenham, the local safeguarding arrangements, and the 68 open schools and colleges in the Department for Education register for Barking and Dagenham, England. Everything here describes the area. None of it rates a school or college.
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First finding · Harm and risk outside the home (ROTH) across Barking and Dagenham
Across Barking and Dagenham, children's social care recorded child sexual exploitation, gangs, going missing and trafficking in a higher share of assessments than across England.
This describes what social workers record for the whole authority, never a school, a college or any child, and a higher share can reflect better identification as easily as more harm.
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Local safeguarding arrangements
Barking and Dagenham is covered by Barking and Dagenham Safeguarding Children Partnership.
- Report a concern about a childlbbd.gov.uk
- Barking and Dagenham threshold document (continuum of need)lbbd.gov.uk
- Request early help in Barking and Dagenhamlbbd.gov.uk
- Allegations against staff: the Barking and Dagenham designated officer (LADO)lbbd.gov.uk
- Prevent referral route in Barking and Dagenhamlbbd.gov.uk
- Family hubs in Barking and Dagenhamlbbd.gov.uk
- The partnership's procedures, guidance and traininglbbd.gov.uk
If a child is in immediate danger, call 999. Links checked 25 September 2026.
What is recorded across Barking and Dagenham
Published figures for the whole authority, or the police force area it sits in, beside the national figure named in each table where one is published. Counts below three are shown as fewer than 3.
What children's services record, year to 31 March 2025, the latest year published
Children in need, child protection plans and the factors social workers identified at assessment across Barking and Dagenham. The whole authority, never a school, college or setting.
| Measure | Barking and Dagenham | England | Compared |
|---|---|---|---|
| Children in need at 31 March | 387.9 per 10,000 children (2,578 children) | 330.3 | Higher |
| Children on child protection plans at 31 March | 52.5 per 10,000 children (349 children) | 40.6 | Higher |
| Child criminal exploitation | not published | 3.2% | Not compared |
| Child sexual exploitation | 3.7% of assessments | 2.4% | Higher |
| Gangs | 3.3% of assessments | 1.7% | Higher |
| Going missing | 4.4% of assessments | 3.3% | Higher |
| Trafficking | 1.5% of assessments | 0.4% | Higher |
| Sexual abuse by another child | 0.8% of assessments | 2.5% | Lower |
| Physical abuse by another child | 2.6% of assessments | 3% | Lower |
| Domestic abuse, the child as victim | 7.9% of assessments | 11.3% | Lower |
| Domestic abuse, a parent or carer as victim | 33% of assessments | 31.7% | Similar |
| Self-harm | 6.5% of assessments | 5% | Higher |
| The child's mental health | 16.4% of assessments | 17.6% | Similar |
| Drug misuse by the child | 4% of assessments | 4.8% | Lower |
| Alcohol misuse by the child | 1.3% of assessments | 2.1% | Lower |
| Socially unacceptable behaviour | 11.5% of assessments | 7% | Higher |
| Neglect | 12.7% of assessments | 17.6% | Lower |
| Emotional abuse | 9.6% of assessments | 19% | Lower |
Department for Education, Children in need, reporting year 2025.
Young people's health and youth justice
Published figures for Barking and Dagenham against England; higher or lower is the publisher's own significance test.
| Measure | Period | Barking and Dagenham | England | Compared |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hospital admissions for self-harm, ages 10 to 24 | 2023/24 | 116.1 per 100,000, age-standardised | 266.6 | Lower |
| Hospital admissions for violence, including sexual violence, all ages | 2022/23 - 24/25 | 34.7 per 100,000, age-standardised | 31.9 | Similar |
| First-time entrants to the youth justice system, ages 10 to 17 | 2025 | 214.2 per 100,000 aged 10 to 17 | 127.1 | Higher |
| Hospital admissions for substance misuse, ages 15 to 24 | 2022/23 - 24/25 | 60.3 per 100,000, age-standardised | 39 | Higher |
| Hospital admissions for alcohol-specific conditions, under 18 | 2021/22 - 23/24 | 7.8 per 100,000 under 18 | 22.6 | Lower |
| 16 and 17 year olds not in education, employment or training, or not known | 2025/26 | 3.2% of 16 and 17 year olds | 5.8% | Lower |
| Children under 16 in relative low income families | 2024/25 | 23% of children under 16 | 19.8% | Higher |
Office for Health Improvement and Disparities, Fingertips public health profiles.
Domestic abuse, year ending March 2025, the latest year published
Police-recorded domestic abuse and MARAC cases for the Metropolitan Police area, the force area the authority sits in.
| Measure | Metropolitan Police | England and Wales | Compared |
|---|---|---|---|
| Domestic abuse-related incidents and crimes recorded by the police | 17.1 per 1,000 people | 21.8 | Lower |
| Domestic abuse-related crimes recorded by the police | 9.7 per 1,000 people | 13.2 | Lower |
| Cases discussed at multi-agency risk assessment conferences (MARACs) | 48.2 per 10,000 adult women | 50.2 | Similar |
Office for National Statistics, Domestic abuse in England and Wales data tool.
Each school's or college's report sets these figures out chapter by chapter, beside the picture around its own site, and writes what they mean into the policy, the staff briefing and the report to governors, trustees or the proprietor.
Questions about safeguarding in Barking and Dagenham
Which safeguarding partnership covers Barking and Dagenham?
Barking and Dagenham is covered by Barking and Dagenham Safeguarding Children Partnership. Its procedures, threshold guidance and training are published at https://www.lbbd.gov.uk/childrens-safeguarding-partnership.
How do I report a concern about a child in Barking and Dagenham?
If a child is in immediate danger, call 999. Otherwise the council's page for reporting a concern about a child is https://www.lbbd.gov.uk/children-young-people-and-families/report-serious-concern-about-child-marf-professionals. Staff in a school or college should follow their own procedure and tell the designated safeguarding lead.
What do children's services record about harm and risk outside the home (ROTH) in Barking and Dagenham?
Across Barking and Dagenham, children's social care recorded child sexual exploitation, gangs, going missing and trafficking in a higher share of assessments than across England. These figures describe the whole authority, never any school, college or child, and a higher share can reflect better identification as easily as more harm.
Schools and colleges in Barking and Dagenham
Each page describes the context around that school or college: the local arrangements, the places children and young people pass and gather, and the neighbourhood around each site. Open a page to order its report.
Primary (44)
- Beam Primary School
- Becontree Primary School
- Dorothy Barley Infants' School
- Dorothy Barley Junior Academy
- Eastbury Primary School
- Five Elms Primary School
- Furze Infant School
- Gascoigne Primary School
- George Carey Church of England Primary School
- Godwin Primary School
- Grafton Primary School
- Greatfields Primary School
- Henry Green Primary School
- Hunters Hall Primary School
- John Perry Primary School
- Manor Junior School
- Manor Primary School
- Marsh Green Primary School
- Monteagle Primary School
- Northbury Primary School
- Parsloes Primary School
- Richard Alibon Primary School with ARP for Cognitive and Learning Difficulties : SEN Base
- Ripple Primary School
- Riverside Primary School
- Roding Primary School
- Rose Lane Primary School
- Rush Green Primary School
- Southwood Primary School
- St Joseph's Catholic Primary School
- St Joseph's Catholic Primary School
- St Margarets CofE Primary School
- St Peter's Catholic Primary School
- St Vincent's Catholic Primary School
- Thames View Infants
- Thames View Junior School
- The James Cambell Primary School
- The Leys Primary School
- The St Teresa Catholic Primary School
- Thomas Arnold Primary School, Rowdowns Road
- Valence Primary School
- Village Infants' School
- Warren Junior School
- William Bellamy Primary School
- William Ford CofE Junior School
Secondary (8)
All-through (5)
Sixth forms and colleges (1)
Colleges with a campus in Barking and Dagenham
College campuses in Barking and Dagenham, whichever authority their college is registered in. Each campus page reads the context against Barking and Dagenham, where the campus is.
Nurseries, pre-schools and clubs in Barking and Dagenham
135 registered nurseries, pre-schools and out-of-school clubs on non-domestic premises in Barking and Dagenham have their own pages, each describing the safeguarding context around the setting and the same authority figures as above. See every setting in Barking and Dagenham.