Safeguarding context · Local authority
City of London: the safeguarding context
- 7 schools and colleges
- England
- City & Hackney Safeguarding Children Partnership
Evidence of the local risks around every school and college in City of London, ready for your policy, your staff and your inspector.
What children's services, the health service and the police record across City of London, the local safeguarding arrangements, and the 7 open schools and colleges in the Department for Education register for City of London, 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 City of London
Across City of London, too few assessments were recorded to compare the harms outside the home with 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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£149 per school, college or campus for 12 months, the same however many an order holds. Choose it from the list below and order from its page. What's included.
Local safeguarding arrangements
City of London is covered by City & Hackney Safeguarding Children Partnership, shared with Hackney.
- Report a concern about a childcityoflondon.gov.uk
- City of London threshold document (continuum of need)cityoflondon.gov.uk
- Request early help in City of Londoncityoflondon.gov.uk
- Allegations against staff: the City of London designated officer (LADO)cityoflondon.gov.uk
- Prevent referral route in City of Londoncityoflondon.gov.uk
- Family hubs in City of Londoncityoflondon.gov.uk
- The partnership's procedures, guidance and trainingchscp.org.uk
If a child is in immediate danger, call 999. Links checked 1 November 2026.
What is recorded across City of London
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 City of London. The whole authority, never a school, college or setting.
| Measure | City of London | England | Compared |
|---|---|---|---|
| Children in need at 31 March | 814.6 per 10,000 children (69 children) | 330.3 | Higher |
| Children on child protection plans at 31 March | not published | 40.6 | Not compared |
| Child criminal exploitation | 0% of assessments | 3.2% | Not compared |
| Child sexual exploitation | 0% of assessments | 2.4% | Not compared |
| Gangs | not published | 1.7% | Not compared |
| Going missing | not published | 3.3% | Not compared |
| Trafficking | 0% of assessments | 0.4% | Not compared |
| Sexual abuse by another child | 0% of assessments | 2.5% | Not compared |
| Physical abuse by another child | 0% of assessments | 3% | Not compared |
| Domestic abuse, the child as victim | not published | 11.3% | Not compared |
| Domestic abuse, a parent or carer as victim | not published | 31.7% | Not compared |
| Self-harm | 0% of assessments | 5% | Not compared |
| The child's mental health | not published | 17.6% | Not compared |
| Drug misuse by the child | not published | 4.8% | Not compared |
| Alcohol misuse by the child | 0% of assessments | 2.1% | Not compared |
| Socially unacceptable behaviour | not published | 7% | Not compared |
| Neglect | not published | 17.6% | Not compared |
| Emotional abuse | not published | 19% | Not compared |
Department for Education, Children in need, reporting year 2025.
Young people's health and youth justice
Published figures for City of London against England; higher or lower is the publisher's own significance test.
| Measure | Period | City of London | England | Compared |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hospital admissions for self-harm, ages 10 to 24 | 2023/24 | not published | 266.6 | Not compared |
| 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 | not published | 5.8% | Not compared |
| Children under 16 in relative low income families | 2024/25 | 6.9% 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 City of London police force area, the force area the authority sits in.
| Measure | City of London | England and Wales | Compared |
|---|---|---|---|
| Domestic abuse-related incidents and crimes recorded by the police | 17.9 per 1,000 people | 21.8 | Lower |
| Domestic abuse-related crimes recorded by the police | 6.6 per 1,000 people | 13.2 | Lower |
| Cases discussed at multi-agency risk assessment conferences (MARACs) | 27.9 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 City of London
Which safeguarding partnership covers City of London?
City of London is covered by City & Hackney Safeguarding Children Partnership, which it shares with Hackney. Its procedures, threshold guidance and training are published at https://www.chscp.org.uk/.
How do I report a concern about a child in City of London?
If a child is in immediate danger, call 999. Otherwise the council's page for reporting a concern about a child is https://www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/services/children-and-families/child-protection. 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 City of London?
Across City of London, too few assessments were recorded to compare the harms outside the home with 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 City of London
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 (1)
Other schools and colleges (6)
Nurseries, pre-schools and clubs in City of London
7 registered nurseries, pre-schools and out-of-school clubs on non-domestic premises in City of London have their own pages, each describing the safeguarding context around the setting and the same authority figures as above. See every setting in City of London.