Safeguarding context · Local authority
Halton: the safeguarding context
- 70 schools and colleges
- England
- Halton Safeguarding Children Partnership
Evidence of the local risks around every school and college in Halton, ready for your policy, your staff and your inspector.
What children's services, the health service and the police record across Halton, the local safeguarding arrangements, and the 70 open schools and colleges in the Department for Education register for Halton, 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 Halton
Across Halton, 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
Halton is covered by Halton Safeguarding Children Partnership.
- Report a concern about a childhalton.gov.uk
- Halton threshold document (continuum of need)haltonsafeguardingchildrenpartnership.org.uk
- Request early help in Haltonhaltonsafeguardingchildrenpartnership.org.uk
- Allegations against staff: the Halton designated officer (LADO)haltonsafeguardingchildrenpartnership.org.uk
- Prevent referral route in Haltonhaltonsafeguardingchildrenpartnership.org.uk
- The partnership's procedures, guidance and traininghaltonsafeguardingchildrenpartnership.org.uk
If a child is in immediate danger, call 999. Links checked 1 November 2026.
What is recorded across Halton
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 Halton. The whole authority, never a school, college or setting.
| Measure | Halton | England | Compared |
|---|---|---|---|
| Children in need at 31 March | 433.0 per 10,000 children (1,201 children) | 330.3 | Higher |
| Children on child protection plans at 31 March | 55.2 per 10,000 children (153 children) | 40.6 | Higher |
| Child criminal exploitation | 3.1% of assessments | 3.2% | Similar |
| Child sexual exploitation | 1% of assessments | 2.4% | Lower |
| Gangs | 0.8% of assessments | 1.7% | Lower |
| Going missing | 2.7% of assessments | 3.3% | Lower |
| Trafficking | not published | 0.4% | Not compared |
| Sexual abuse by another child | 1.8% of assessments | 2.5% | Lower |
| Physical abuse by another child | 1.1% of assessments | 3% | Lower |
| Domestic abuse, the child as victim | 7.9% of assessments | 11.3% | Lower |
| Domestic abuse, a parent or carer as victim | 39.7% of assessments | 31.7% | Higher |
| Self-harm | 3.2% of assessments | 5% | Lower |
| The child's mental health | 15.1% of assessments | 17.6% | Lower |
| Drug misuse by the child | 6.6% of assessments | 4.8% | Higher |
| Alcohol misuse by the child | 2.4% of assessments | 2.1% | Higher |
| Socially unacceptable behaviour | 6.6% of assessments | 7% | Similar |
| Neglect | 27% of assessments | 17.6% | Higher |
| Emotional abuse | 24.5% of assessments | 19% | Higher |
Department for Education, Children in need, reporting year 2025.
Young people's health and youth justice
Published figures for Halton against England; higher or lower is the publisher's own significance test.
| Measure | Period | Halton | England | Compared |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hospital admissions for self-harm, ages 10 to 24 | 2023/24 | 611.4 per 100,000, age-standardised | 266.6 | Higher |
| Hospital admissions for violence, including sexual violence, all ages | 2022/23 - 24/25 | 54.9 per 100,000, age-standardised | 31.9 | Higher |
| First-time entrants to the youth justice system, ages 10 to 17 | 2025 | 194.8 per 100,000 aged 10 to 17 | 127.1 | Similar |
| Hospital admissions for substance misuse, ages 15 to 24 | 2022/23 - 24/25 | 101.5 per 100,000, age-standardised | 39 | Higher |
| Hospital admissions for alcohol-specific conditions, under 18 | 2021/22 - 23/24 | 26.6 per 100,000 under 18 | 22.6 | Similar |
| 16 and 17 year olds not in education, employment or training, or not known | 2025/26 | 6.9% of 16 and 17 year olds | 5.8% | Higher |
| Children under 16 in relative low income families | 2024/25 | 23% 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 Cheshire police force area, the force area the authority sits in.
| Measure | Cheshire | England and Wales | Compared |
|---|---|---|---|
| Domestic abuse-related incidents and crimes recorded by the police | 22.8 per 1,000 people | 21.8 | Similar |
| Domestic abuse-related crimes recorded by the police | 13.4 per 1,000 people | 13.2 | Similar |
| Cases discussed at multi-agency risk assessment conferences (MARACs) | 64.8 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 Halton
Which safeguarding partnership covers Halton?
Halton is covered by Halton Safeguarding Children Partnership. Its procedures, threshold guidance and training are published at https://haltonsafeguardingchildrenpartnership.org.uk/.
How do I report a concern about a child in Halton?
If a child is in immediate danger, call 999. Otherwise the council's page for reporting a concern about a child is https://www.halton.gov.uk/report-it-and-contact-us/contact-social-care. 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 Halton?
Across Halton, 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 Halton
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 (3)
Primary (49)
- All Saints Upton Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School
- Astmoor Primary School
- Beechwood Primary School
- Bridgewater Park Primary School
- Brookvale Primary School
- Castle View Primary School
- Daresbury Primary School
- Ditton Primary School
- Fairfield Primary School
- Farnworth Church of England Controlled Primary School
- Gorsewood Primary School
- Hale Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School
- Halebank CofE Primary School
- Hallwood Park Primary School and Nursery
- Halton Lodge Nursery & Primary School
- Hillview Primary School
- Kingsway Primary Academy School
- Lunts Heath Primary School
- Moore Primary School
- Moorfield Primary School
- Murdishaw West Primary and Nursery School
- Oakfield Community Primary School
- Our Lady Mother of the Saviour Catholic Primary School
- Our Lady of Perpetual Succour Catholic Primary School
- Palace Fields Primary Academy
- Pewithall School
- Runcorn All Saints CofE Primary School
- St Augustine's Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy
- St Basil's Catholic Primary School
- St Bede's Catholic Infant School
- St Bede's Catholic Junior School
- St Berteline's CofE Primary School
- St Clement's Catholic Primary School
- St Edward's Catholic Primary School
- St Gerard's Catholic Primary and Nursery School
- St John Fisher Catholic Primary School
- St Martin's Catholic Primary School and Preschool
- St Mary's Church of England Primary School
- St Michael with St Thomas CE Primary School
- St Michaels Catholic Primary & Nursery School
- The Brow Community Primary School
- The Holy Spirit Catholic Primary School
- Victoria Road Primary School
- Westfield Primary School
- Weston Point Primary Academy
- Weston Primary School
- Widnes Academy
- Windmill Hill Primary School
- Woodside Primary School
Secondary (7)
All-through (1)
Sixth forms and colleges (1)
Colleges and sixth forms with a campus in Halton
Colleges and sixth forms with a site in Halton, whichever authority their college is registered in. Each campus page reads the context against Halton, where the campus is.
Nurseries, pre-schools and clubs in Halton
57 registered nurseries, pre-schools and out-of-school clubs on non-domestic premises in Halton have their own pages, each describing the safeguarding context around the setting and the same authority figures as above. See every setting in Halton.