Safeguarding context · Local authority
Bracknell Forest: the safeguarding context
- 46 schools and colleges
- England
- Bracknell Forest Safeguarding Board
Evidence of the local risks around every school and college in Bracknell Forest, ready for your policy, your staff and your inspector.
What children's services, the health service and the police record across Bracknell Forest, the local safeguarding arrangements, and the 46 open schools and colleges in the Department for Education register for Bracknell Forest, 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 Bracknell Forest
Across Bracknell Forest, children's social care recorded sexual abuse by another child 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
Bracknell Forest is covered by Bracknell Forest Safeguarding Board.
- Report a concern about a childbracknell-forest.gov.uk
- Bracknell Forest threshold document (continuum of need)bracknellforestsafeguarding.org.uk
- Request early help in Bracknell Forestbracknell-forest.gov.uk
- Allegations against staff: the Bracknell Forest designated officer (LADO)bracknellforestsafeguarding.org.uk
- Prevent referral route in Bracknell Forestbracknellforestsafeguarding.org.uk
- Family hubs in Bracknell Forestbracknell-forest.gov.uk
- The partnership's procedures, guidance and trainingbracknellforestsafeguarding.org.uk
If a child is in immediate danger, call 999. Links checked 1 November 2026.
What is recorded across Bracknell Forest
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 Bracknell Forest. The whole authority, never a school, college or setting.
| Measure | Bracknell Forest | England | Compared |
|---|---|---|---|
| Children in need at 31 March | 342.8 per 10,000 children (1,007 children) | 330.3 | Similar |
| Children on child protection plans at 31 March | 57.5 per 10,000 children (169 children) | 40.6 | Higher |
| Child criminal exploitation | 2.4% of assessments | 3.2% | Lower |
| Child sexual exploitation | 1.5% of assessments | 2.4% | Lower |
| Gangs | 1.1% of assessments | 1.7% | Lower |
| Going missing | 2.6% of assessments | 3.3% | Lower |
| Trafficking | not published | 0.4% | Not compared |
| Sexual abuse by another child | 3.2% of assessments | 2.5% | Higher |
| Physical abuse by another child | 2.8% of assessments | 3% | Similar |
| Domestic abuse, the child as victim | 10.5% of assessments | 11.3% | Similar |
| Domestic abuse, a parent or carer as victim | 24.7% of assessments | 31.7% | Lower |
| Self-harm | 3.1% of assessments | 5% | Lower |
| The child's mental health | 8.7% of assessments | 17.6% | Lower |
| Drug misuse by the child | 3.2% of assessments | 4.8% | Lower |
| Alcohol misuse by the child | 1.1% of assessments | 2.1% | Lower |
| Socially unacceptable behaviour | 4.3% of assessments | 7% | Lower |
| Neglect | 14.9% of assessments | 17.6% | Lower |
| Emotional abuse | 14.4% of assessments | 19% | Lower |
Department for Education, Children in need, reporting year 2025.
Young people's health and youth justice
Published figures for Bracknell Forest against England; higher or lower is the publisher's own significance test.
| Measure | Period | Bracknell Forest | England | Compared |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hospital admissions for self-harm, ages 10 to 24 | 2023/24 | 413.8 per 100,000, age-standardised | 266.6 | Higher |
| Hospital admissions for violence, including sexual violence, all ages | 2022/23 - 24/25 | not published | 31.9 | Not compared |
| First-time entrants to the youth justice system, ages 10 to 17 | 2025 | not published | 127.1 | Not compared |
| Hospital admissions for substance misuse, ages 15 to 24 | 2022/23 - 24/25 | not published | 39 | Not compared |
| Hospital admissions for alcohol-specific conditions, under 18 | 2021/22 - 23/24 | not published | 22.6 | Not compared |
| 16 and 17 year olds not in education, employment or training, or not known | 2025/26 | 4.8% of 16 and 17 year olds | 5.8% | Lower |
| Children under 16 in relative low income families | 2024/25 | 8.5% of children under 16 | 19.8% | Lower |
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 Thames Valley police force area, the force area the authority sits in.
| Measure | Thames Valley | England and Wales | Compared |
|---|---|---|---|
| Domestic abuse-related incidents and crimes recorded by the police | 21.7 per 1,000 people | 21.8 | Similar |
| Domestic abuse-related crimes recorded by the police | 10.2 per 1,000 people | 13.2 | Lower |
| Cases discussed at multi-agency risk assessment conferences (MARACs) | 15.7 per 10,000 adult women | 50.2 | Lower |
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 Bracknell Forest
Which safeguarding partnership covers Bracknell Forest?
Bracknell Forest is covered by Bracknell Forest Safeguarding Board. Its procedures, threshold guidance and training are published at https://bracknellforestsafeguarding.org.uk/.
How do I report a concern about a child in Bracknell Forest?
If a child is in immediate danger, call 999. Otherwise the council's page for reporting a concern about a child is https://www.bracknell-forest.gov.uk/health-and-social-care/keeping-adults-and-children-safe/protecting-children/report-child-abuse-or-concern-about-child. 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 Bracknell Forest?
Across Bracknell Forest, children's social care recorded sexual abuse by another child 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 Bracknell Forest
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 (29)
- Ascot Heath Primary School
- Binfield Church of England Primary School
- Birch Hill Primary School and Nursery
- College Town Primary School
- Cranbourne Primary School
- Crown Wood Primary School
- Crowthorne Church of England Primary School
- Fox Hill Primary School
- Great Hollands Primary School
- Harmans Water Primary School
- Holly Spring Primary School
- Jennett's Park CofE Primary School
- King's Academy Meadow Vale
- King's Academy Oakwood
- New Scotland Hill Primary School
- Owlsmoor Primary School
- Sandy Lane Primary School
- St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Bracknell
- St Margaret Clitherow Catholic Primary School, Bracknell
- St Michael's Church of England Primary School, Sandhurst
- St Michael's Easthampstead Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School
- The Pines School
- Uplands Primary School and Nursery
- Warfield Church of England Primary School
- Whitegrove Primary School
- Wildmoor Heath School
- Wildridings Primary School
- Winkfield St Mary's CofE Primary School
- Wooden Hill Primary and Nursery School
Secondary (6)
All-through (1)
Colleges with a campus in Bracknell Forest
College campuses in Bracknell Forest, whichever authority their college is registered in. Each campus page reads the context against Bracknell Forest, where the campus is.
Nurseries, pre-schools and clubs in Bracknell Forest
87 registered nurseries, pre-schools and out-of-school clubs on non-domestic premises in Bracknell Forest have their own pages, each describing the safeguarding context around the setting and the same authority figures as above. See every setting in Bracknell Forest.