Safeguarding context · Local authority
Bury: the safeguarding context
- 92 schools and colleges
- England
- Bury Safeguarding Partnership
Evidence of the local risks around every school and college in Bury, ready for your policy, your staff and your inspector.
What children's services, the health service and the police record across Bury, the local safeguarding arrangements, and the 92 open schools and colleges in the Department for Education register for Bury, 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 Bury
Across Bury, children's social care recorded child sexual exploitation, gangs, going missing, trafficking, sexual abuse by another child and physical 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
Bury is covered by Bury Safeguarding Partnership.
- Report a concern about a childbury.gov.uk
- Bury threshold document (continuum of need)burysafeguardingpartnership.bury.gov.uk
- Request early help in Burybury.gov.uk
- Allegations against staff: the Bury designated officer (LADO)burysafeguardingpartnership.bury.gov.uk
- Prevent referral route in Buryburysafeguardingpartnership.bury.gov.uk
- Family hubs in Burybury.gov.uk
- The partnership's procedures, guidance and trainingburysafeguardingpartnership.bury.gov.uk
If a child is in immediate danger, call 999. Links checked 1 November 2026.
What is recorded across Bury
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 Bury. The whole authority, never a school, college or setting.
| Measure | Bury | England | Compared |
|---|---|---|---|
| Children in need at 31 March | 344.0 per 10,000 children (1,540 children) | 330.3 | Similar |
| Children on child protection plans at 31 March | 57.4 per 10,000 children (257 children) | 40.6 | Higher |
| Child criminal exploitation | 2.2% of assessments | 3.2% | Lower |
| Child sexual exploitation | 2.7% of assessments | 2.4% | Higher |
| Gangs | 2.5% of assessments | 1.7% | Higher |
| Going missing | 4.4% of assessments | 3.3% | Higher |
| Trafficking | 0.5% of assessments | 0.4% | Higher |
| Sexual abuse by another child | 3.2% of assessments | 2.5% | Higher |
| Physical abuse by another child | 3.7% of assessments | 3% | Higher |
| Domestic abuse, the child as victim | 10% of assessments | 11.3% | Lower |
| Domestic abuse, a parent or carer as victim | 32% of assessments | 31.7% | Similar |
| Self-harm | 6.8% of assessments | 5% | Higher |
| The child's mental health | 24.4% of assessments | 17.6% | Higher |
| Drug misuse by the child | 5.6% of assessments | 4.8% | Higher |
| Alcohol misuse by the child | 2.9% of assessments | 2.1% | Higher |
| Socially unacceptable behaviour | 7.7% of assessments | 7% | Higher |
| Neglect | 13.5% of assessments | 17.6% | Lower |
| Emotional abuse | 18.6% of assessments | 19% | Similar |
Department for Education, Children in need, reporting year 2025.
Young people's health and youth justice
Published figures for Bury against England; higher or lower is the publisher's own significance test.
| Measure | Period | Bury | England | Compared |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hospital admissions for self-harm, ages 10 to 24 | 2023/24 | 255.9 per 100,000, age-standardised | 266.6 | Similar |
| Hospital admissions for violence, including sexual violence, all ages | 2022/23 - 24/25 | 28.2 per 100,000, age-standardised | 31.9 | Similar |
| First-time entrants to the youth justice system, ages 10 to 17 | 2025 | 167.8 per 100,000 aged 10 to 17 | 127.1 | Similar |
| Hospital admissions for substance misuse, ages 15 to 24 | 2022/23 - 24/25 | 31.4 per 100,000, age-standardised | 39 | Similar |
| Hospital admissions for alcohol-specific conditions, under 18 | 2021/22 - 23/24 | 9.9 per 100,000 under 18 | 22.6 | Lower |
| 16 and 17 year olds not in education, employment or training, or not known | 2025/26 | 4.3% of 16 and 17 year olds | 5.8% | Lower |
| Children under 16 in relative low income families | 2024/25 | 25.5% 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 Greater Manchester police force area, the force area the authority sits in.
| Measure | Greater Manchester | England and Wales | Compared |
|---|---|---|---|
| Domestic abuse-related incidents and crimes recorded by the police | 23.9 per 1,000 people | 21.8 | Similar |
| Domestic abuse-related crimes recorded by the police | 17.4 per 1,000 people | 13.2 | Higher |
| Cases discussed at multi-agency risk assessment conferences (MARACs) | 98.2 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 Bury
Which safeguarding partnership covers Bury?
Bury is covered by Bury Safeguarding Partnership. Its procedures, threshold guidance and training are published at https://burysafeguardingpartnership.bury.gov.uk/.
How do I report a concern about a child in Bury?
If a child is in immediate danger, call 999. Otherwise the council's page for reporting a concern about a child is http://www.bury.gov.uk/index.aspx?articleid=10831. 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 Bury?
Across Bury, children's social care recorded child sexual exploitation, gangs, going missing, trafficking, sexual abuse by another child and physical 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 Bury
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.
Nursery schools (1)
Primary (64)
- All Saints Church of England Primary School, Stand
- Bury and Whitefield Jewish Primary School
- Butterstile Primary School
- Cams Lane Primary School
- Chantlers Primary School
- Chapelfield Primary School
- Chesham Primary Academy
- Christ Church Ainsworth Church of England Primary School
- Christ Church CofE Primary School
- East Ward Community Primary School
- Elton Community Primary School
- Emmanuel Holcombe Church of England Primary School
- Fairfield Community Primary School
- Gorsefield Primary School
- Greenhill Primary School
- Greenmount Primary School
- Guardian Angels Roman Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy
- Hazlehurst Primary Academy
- Heaton Park Primary School
- Higher Lane Primary School
- Holcombe Brook Primary School
- Hollins Grundy Primary School
- Holly Mount Roman Catholic Primary School, Bury
- Holy Trinity Primary School
- Lowercroft Primary School
- Mersey Drive Community Primary School
- Old Hall Primary School
- Our Lady of Grace RC Primary School
- Our Lady of Lourdes Roman Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy
- Park View Primary School
- Peel Brow School
- Radcliffe Hall Church of England Methodist Primary School
- Radcliffe Primary School
- Ribble Drive Community Primary School
- Sedgley Park Community Primary School
- Springside Primary School
- St Andrew's Church of England Primary School, Radcliffe
- St Andrew's Church of England Primary School, Ramsbottom
- St Bernadette's Roman Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy
- St Hilda's Church of England Primary School
- St John with St Mark CofE Primary School
- St John's Church of England Primary School, Radcliffe
- St Joseph and St Bede RC Primary School, a Voluntary Academy
- St Joseph's Roman Catholic Primary School Ramsbottom, a Voluntary Academy
- St Luke's CofE Primary School
- St Margaret's Church of England Primary School
- St Mary's Church of England Aided Primary School, Prestwich
- St Mary's Church of England Primary School, Hawkshaw
- St Mary's Roman Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy
- St Michael's Roman Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy
- St Paul's Church of England Primary School
- St Peter's Church of England Primary School
- St Stephen's Church of England Primary School
- St Thomas Church of England Primary School
- St. Marie's Roman Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy
- Summerseat Methodist Primary School
- Sunny Bank Primary School
- Tottington Primary School
- Unsworth Primary School
- Wesley Methodist Primary School
- Whitefield Community Primary School
- Woodbank Primary School
- Yesoiday Hatorah Boys Academy
- Yesoiday Hatorah Girls Academy
Secondary (14)
- Bury Church of England High School
- Hazel Wood High School
- Manchester Mesivta School
- Parrenthorn High School
- Philips High School
- St Gabriel's RC High School, a Voluntary Academy
- St Monica's RC High School, a Voluntary Academy
- Star Radcliffe Academy
- The Derby High School
- The Elton High School
- The Heys School
- Tottington High School
- Unsworth Academy
- Woodhey High School
Sixth forms and colleges (2)
Nurseries, pre-schools and clubs in Bury
79 registered nurseries, pre-schools and out-of-school clubs on non-domestic premises in Bury have their own pages, each describing the safeguarding context around the setting and the same authority figures as above. See every setting in Bury.