Safeguarding context · Local authority
Doncaster: the safeguarding context
- 145 schools and colleges
- England
- Doncaster Safeguarding Children Partnership
Evidence of the local risks around every school and college in Doncaster, ready for your policy, your staff and your inspector.
What children's services, the health service and the police record across Doncaster, the local safeguarding arrangements, and the 145 open schools and colleges in the Department for Education register for Doncaster, 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 Doncaster
Across Doncaster, no harm outside the home stood out against England in what children's social care recorded at assessment.
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
Doncaster is covered by Doncaster Safeguarding Children Partnership.
- Report a concern about a childdoncasterchildrenstrust.co.uk
- Doncaster threshold document (continuum of need)doncaster.gov.uk
- Request early help in Doncasterdoncaster.gov.uk
- Allegations against staff: the Doncaster designated officer (LADO)dscp.org.uk
- Prevent referral route in Doncasterdscp.org.uk
- Family hubs in Doncasterdoncaster.gov.uk
- The partnership's procedures, guidance and trainingdscp.org.uk
If a child is in immediate danger, call 999. Links checked 25 September 2026.
What is recorded across Doncaster
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 Doncaster. The whole authority, never a school, college or setting.
| Measure | Doncaster | England | Compared |
|---|---|---|---|
| Children in need at 31 March | 329.7 per 10,000 children (2,251 children) | 330.3 | Similar |
| Children on child protection plans at 31 March | 57.9 per 10,000 children (395 children) | 40.6 | Higher |
| Child criminal exploitation | 1.9% of assessments | 3.2% | Lower |
| Child sexual exploitation | 0.6% of assessments | 2.4% | Lower |
| Gangs | 0.6% of assessments | 1.7% | Lower |
| Going missing | 1.8% of assessments | 3.3% | Lower |
| Trafficking | not published | 0.4% | Not compared |
| Sexual abuse by another child | 2.6% of assessments | 2.5% | Similar |
| Physical abuse by another child | 1% of assessments | 3% | Lower |
| Domestic abuse, the child as victim | 11.7% of assessments | 11.3% | Similar |
| Domestic abuse, a parent or carer as victim | 33.6% of assessments | 31.7% | Similar |
| Self-harm | 1% of assessments | 5% | Lower |
| The child's mental health | 5.2% of assessments | 17.6% | Lower |
| Drug misuse by the child | 2.8% of assessments | 4.8% | Lower |
| Alcohol misuse by the child | 0.6% of assessments | 2.1% | Lower |
| Socially unacceptable behaviour | 2.4% of assessments | 7% | Lower |
| Neglect | 8.3% of assessments | 17.6% | Lower |
| Emotional abuse | 12.8% of assessments | 19% | Lower |
Department for Education, Children in need, reporting year 2025.
Young people's health and youth justice
Published figures for Doncaster against England; higher or lower is the publisher's own significance test.
| Measure | Period | Doncaster | England | Compared |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hospital admissions for self-harm, ages 10 to 24 | 2023/24 | 340.8 per 100,000, age-standardised | 266.6 | Higher |
| Hospital admissions for violence, including sexual violence, all ages | 2022/23 - 24/25 | 57.1 per 100,000, age-standardised | 31.9 | Higher |
| First-time entrants to the youth justice system, ages 10 to 17 | 2025 | 139.7 per 100,000 aged 10 to 17 | 127.1 | Similar |
| Hospital admissions for substance misuse, ages 15 to 24 | 2022/23 - 24/25 | 55.5 per 100,000, age-standardised | 39 | Higher |
| Hospital admissions for alcohol-specific conditions, under 18 | 2021/22 - 23/24 | 14.8 per 100,000 under 18 | 22.6 | Lower |
| 16 and 17 year olds not in education, employment or training, or not known | 2025/26 | 5.9% of 16 and 17 year olds | 5.8% | Similar |
| Children under 16 in relative low income families | 2024/25 | 31% 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 South Yorkshire police force area, the force area the authority sits in.
| Measure | South Yorkshire | England and Wales | Compared |
|---|---|---|---|
| Domestic abuse-related incidents and crimes recorded by the police | 26.3 per 1,000 people | 21.8 | Higher |
| Domestic abuse-related crimes recorded by the police | 16.1 per 1,000 people | 13.2 | Higher |
| Cases discussed at multi-agency risk assessment conferences (MARACs) | 65.8 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 Doncaster
Which safeguarding partnership covers Doncaster?
Doncaster is covered by Doncaster Safeguarding Children Partnership. Its procedures, threshold guidance and training are published at https://dscp.org.uk/.
How do I report a concern about a child in Doncaster?
If a child is in immediate danger, call 999. Otherwise the council's page for reporting a concern about a child is http://www.doncasterchildrenstrust.co.uk/reporting-concerns-about-a-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 Doncaster?
Across Doncaster, no harm outside the home stood out against England in what children's social care recorded at assessment. 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 Doncaster
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 (98)
- Adwick Primary School
- Arksey Primary School
- Armthorpe Shaw Wood Academy
- Askern Littlemoor Infant Academy
- Askern Moss Road Infant Academy
- Atlas Academy
- Auckley Primary Academy
- Balby Central Primary Academy
- Barnburgh Primary Academy
- Barnby Dun Primary Academy
- Bawtry Mayflower Primary School
- Bentley High Street Primary School
- Bentley New Village Primary School
- Bessacarr Primary
- Branton St Wilfrid's Church of England Primary School
- Brooke Primary Academy
- Canon Popham CofE Primary Academy
- Carcroft Primary School
- Carr Lodge Academy
- Castle Academy
- Conisbrough Ivanhoe Primary Academy
- Copley Junior School
- Crookesbroom Primary Academy
- Denaby Main Primary Academy
- Dunsville Primary School
- Edenthorpe Hall Primary Academy
- Edlington Victoria Academy
- Grange Lane Infant Academy
- Green Top
- Hatchell Wood Primary Academy
- Hatfield Woodhouse Primary School
- Hawthorn Primary School
- Hayfield Lane Primary School
- Hexthorpe Primary School
- Highfields Primary Academy
- Highwoods Academy
- Hill Top Academy
- Holy Family Catholic Primary School
- Hooton Pagnell All Saints Church of England Primary School
- Intake Primary Academy
- Kingfisher Primary Academy
- Kirk Sandall Infant School
- Kirk Sandall Junior School
- Kirkby Avenue Primary School
- Lakeside Primary Academy
- Long Toft Primary School
- Marshland Primary Academy
- Mexborough St John the Baptist CofE Primary School
- Montagu Academy
- Morley Place Academy
- New Pastures Primary School
- Norton Infant School
- Norton Junior School
- Our Lady of Mount Carmel Catholic Primary School
- Our Lady of Perpetual Help Catholic Primary School
- Our Lady of Sorrows Catholic Voluntary Academy
- Outwood Primary Academy Woodlands
- Owston Park Primary Academy
- Park Primary School
- Pheasant Bank Academy
- Plover Primary School
- Richmond Hill Primary Academy
- Rosedale Primary School
- Rossington St Michael's CofE Primary School
- Rowena Academy
- Sandringham Primary School
- Scawsby Junior Academy
- Scawsby Saltersgate Infant School
- Scawthorpe Castle Hills Primary Academy
- Scawthorpe Sunnyfields Primary School
- Sheep Dip Lane Academy
- Southfield Primary
- Spa Academy Askern
- Sprotbrough Orchard Infant School
- St Alban's Catholic Primary and Nursery School
- St Francis Xavier Catholic Primary School
- St Joseph and St Teresa's Catholic Primary School
- St Joseph's School, a Catholic Voluntary Academy
- St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Edlington
- St Oswald's CofE Academy
- St Peter's Catholic Primary School
- Stainforth Kirton Lane Primary School
- The Mallard Academy
- Thorne King Edward Primary School
- Tickhill Estfeld Primary School
- Tickhill St Mary's Church of England Primary and Nursery School
- Toll Bar Primary School
- Tornedale Infant Academy
- Town Field Primary School
- Tranmoor Primary
- Travis St Lawrence Church of England Primary School
- Wadworth Primary School
- Warmsworth Primary School
- Waverley Academy
- West Road Primary Academy
- Willow Primary School
- Windhill Primary School
- Woodfield Primary School
Secondary (20)
- Armthorpe Academy
- Ash Hill Academy
- Astrea Academy Woodfields
- Campsmount Academy
- De Warenne Academy
- Don Valley Academy
- Doncaster UTC
- Hall Cross Academy
- Hungerhill School
- Outwood Academy Adwick
- Outwood Academy Danum
- Ridgewood School
- Rossington All Saints Academy
- Sir Thomas Wharton Academy
- The Hayfield School
- The Laurel Academy
- The McAuley Catholic High School
- Trinity Academy
- XP East
- XP School
Sixth forms and colleges (2)
Other schools and colleges (25)
- Bader Academy
- Coppice School
- Doncaster School for Deaf Children
- Esland Doncaster School
- Fieldgate School
- Harrison College
- Heatherwood School
- Hesley Holdings Limited
- Hill House School
- Hospital Teaching Service
- Journey Education Group
- Maple Medical PRU
- Mercury College
- More Than Ed Independent School
- North Ridge Community School
- Pennine View School
- St Wilfrid's Academy, Doncaster
- Stone Hill School
- Sutherland House School Braithwell
- Sycamore Hall Preparatory School
- The Hesley Village College
- The Levett School
- The Ridge Employability College
- Waterside School
- Yorkshire Rose College
Colleges with a campus in Doncaster
College campuses in Doncaster, whichever authority their college is registered in. Each campus page reads the context against Doncaster, where the campus is.
Nurseries, pre-schools and clubs in Doncaster
97 registered nurseries, pre-schools and out-of-school clubs on non-domestic premises in Doncaster have their own pages, each describing the safeguarding context around the setting and the same authority figures as above. See every setting in Doncaster.