Safeguarding context · Local authority
Blackpool: the safeguarding context
- 51 schools and colleges
- England
- Blackpool Safeguarding Partnerships
Evidence of the local risks around every school and college in Blackpool, ready for your policy, your staff and your inspector.
What children's services, the health service and the police record across Blackpool, the local safeguarding arrangements, and the 51 open schools and colleges in the Department for Education register for Blackpool, 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 Blackpool
Across Blackpool, children's social care recorded child sexual exploitation 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
Blackpool is covered by Blackpool Safeguarding Partnerships.
- Report a concern about a childblackpool.gov.uk
- Request early help in Blackpoolblackpoolsafeguardingpartnerships.org.uk
- Allegations against staff: the Blackpool designated officer (LADO)blackpoolsafeguardingpartnerships.org.uk
- Prevent referral route in Blackpoolblackpoolsafeguardingpartnerships.org.uk
- Family hubs in Blackpoolblackpool.gov.uk
- The partnership's procedures, guidance and trainingblackpoolsafeguardingpartnerships.org.uk
If a child is in immediate danger, call 999. Links checked 1 November 2026.
What is recorded across Blackpool
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 Blackpool. The whole authority, never a school, college or setting.
| Measure | Blackpool | England | Compared |
|---|---|---|---|
| Children in need at 31 March | 606.1 per 10,000 children (1,753 children) | 330.3 | Higher |
| Children on child protection plans at 31 March | 86.1 per 10,000 children (249 children) | 40.6 | Higher |
| Child criminal exploitation | 3.5% of assessments | 3.2% | Similar |
| Child sexual exploitation | 6% of assessments | 2.4% | Higher |
| Gangs | 1.1% of assessments | 1.7% | Lower |
| Going missing | 3% of assessments | 3.3% | Similar |
| Trafficking | not published | 0.4% | Not compared |
| Sexual abuse by another child | 2.5% of assessments | 2.5% | Similar |
| Physical abuse by another child | 1.6% of assessments | 3% | Lower |
| Domestic abuse, the child as victim | 23.8% of assessments | 11.3% | Higher |
| Domestic abuse, a parent or carer as victim | 38.3% of assessments | 31.7% | Higher |
| Self-harm | 4.9% of assessments | 5% | Similar |
| The child's mental health | 20.8% of assessments | 17.6% | Higher |
| Drug misuse by the child | 9.2% of assessments | 4.8% | Higher |
| Alcohol misuse by the child | 7.5% of assessments | 2.1% | Higher |
| Socially unacceptable behaviour | 3.8% of assessments | 7% | Lower |
| Neglect | 19% of assessments | 17.6% | Similar |
| Emotional abuse | 18.1% of assessments | 19% | Similar |
Department for Education, Children in need, reporting year 2025.
Young people's health and youth justice
Published figures for Blackpool against England; higher or lower is the publisher's own significance test.
| Measure | Period | Blackpool | England | Compared |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hospital admissions for self-harm, ages 10 to 24 | 2023/24 | 543.7 per 100,000, age-standardised | 266.6 | Higher |
| Hospital admissions for violence, including sexual violence, all ages | 2022/23 - 24/25 | 55.7 per 100,000, age-standardised | 31.9 | Higher |
| First-time entrants to the youth justice system, ages 10 to 17 | 2025 | 294.6 per 100,000 aged 10 to 17 | 127.1 | Higher |
| Hospital admissions for substance misuse, ages 15 to 24 | 2022/23 - 24/25 | 58.7 per 100,000, age-standardised | 39 | Similar |
| Hospital admissions for alcohol-specific conditions, under 18 | 2021/22 - 23/24 | 42.5 per 100,000 under 18 | 22.6 | Higher |
| 16 and 17 year olds not in education, employment or training, or not known | 2025/26 | 9.1% of 16 and 17 year olds | 5.8% | Higher |
| Children under 16 in relative low income families | 2024/25 | 30.5% 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 Lancashire police force area, the force area the authority sits in.
| Measure | Lancashire | England and Wales | Compared |
|---|---|---|---|
| Domestic abuse-related incidents and crimes recorded by the police | 24.7 per 1,000 people | 21.8 | Higher |
| Domestic abuse-related crimes recorded by the police | 15.6 per 1,000 people | 13.2 | Higher |
| Cases discussed at multi-agency risk assessment conferences (MARACs) | 81.4 per 10,000 adult women | 50.2 | Higher |
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 Blackpool
Which safeguarding partnership covers Blackpool?
Blackpool is covered by Blackpool Safeguarding Partnerships. Its procedures, threshold guidance and training are published at https://blackpoolsafeguardingpartnerships.org.uk/.
How do I report a concern about a child in Blackpool?
If a child is in immediate danger, call 999. Otherwise the council's page for reporting a concern about a child is https://www.blackpool.gov.uk/Residents/Health-and-social-care/Children-and-families/Worried-about-a-child/Worried-about-a-child.aspx. 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 Blackpool?
Across Blackpool, children's social care recorded child sexual exploitation 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 Blackpool
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 (30)
- Anchorsholme Primary Academy
- Baines' Endowed Church of England Primary Academy
- Bispham Endowed Church of England Primary School
- Blackpool Gateway Academy
- Blackpool St John's Church of England Primary School
- Blackpool St Nicholas CofE Primary School
- Boundary Primary School
- Christ The King Catholic Academy
- Devonshire Primary Academy
- Hawes Side Academy
- Holy Family Catholic Primary School
- Kincraig Primary School
- Layton Primary School
- Marton Primary Academy and Nursery
- Mereside Primary Academy
- Moor Park Primary School
- Norbreck Primary Academy
- Our Lady of The Assumption Catholic Primary School, Blackpool
- Revoe Learning Academy
- Roseacre Primary Academy
- St Cuthbert's Catholic Academy
- St John Vianney's Catholic Primary School, Blackpool
- St Kentigern's Catholic Primary School
- St Teresa's Catholic Primary School
- St. Bernadette's Catholic Primary School
- Stanley Primary School
- Thames Primary Academy
- Waterloo Primary Academy
- Westcliff Primary Academy
- Westminster Primary Academy
Secondary (6)
All-through (2)
Sixth forms and colleges (2)
Colleges with a campus in Blackpool
College campuses in Blackpool, whichever authority their college is registered in. Each campus page reads the context against Blackpool, where the campus is.
Nurseries, pre-schools and clubs in Blackpool
39 registered nurseries, pre-schools and out-of-school clubs on non-domestic premises in Blackpool have their own pages, each describing the safeguarding context around the setting and the same authority figures as above. See every setting in Blackpool.