Safeguarding context · Local authority
Hartlepool: the safeguarding context
- 43 schools and colleges
- England
- Hartlepool and Stockton-on-Tees Safeguarding Children Partnership
Evidence of the local risks around every school and college in Hartlepool, ready for your policy, your staff and your inspector.
What children's services, the health service and the police record across Hartlepool, the local safeguarding arrangements, and the 43 open schools and colleges in the Department for Education register for Hartlepool, 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 Hartlepool
Across Hartlepool, children's social care recorded child sexual exploitation and going missing 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
Hartlepool is covered by Hartlepool and Stockton-on-Tees Safeguarding Children Partnership, shared with Stockton-on-Tees.
- Report a concern about a childteescpp.org.uk
- Hartlepool threshold document (continuum of need)teescpp.org.uk
- Request early help in Hartlepoolhartlepool.gov.uk
- Allegations against staff: the Hartlepool designated officer (LADO)hartlepool.gov.uk
- Prevent referral route in Hartlepoolhartlepool.gov.uk
- Family hubs in Hartlepoolhartlepool.gov.uk
- The partnership's procedures, guidance and traininghsscp.co.uk
If a child is in immediate danger, call 999. Links checked 1 November 2026.
What is recorded across Hartlepool
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 Hartlepool. The whole authority, never a school, college or setting.
| Measure | Hartlepool | England | Compared |
|---|---|---|---|
| Children in need at 31 March | 635.8 per 10,000 children (1,341 children) | 330.3 | Higher |
| Children on child protection plans at 31 March | 82.0 per 10,000 children (173 children) | 40.6 | Higher |
| Child criminal exploitation | 2.7% of assessments | 3.2% | Lower |
| Child sexual exploitation | 3.1% of assessments | 2.4% | Higher |
| Gangs | 1% of assessments | 1.7% | Lower |
| Going missing | 3.8% of assessments | 3.3% | Higher |
| Trafficking | not published | 0.4% | Not compared |
| Sexual abuse by another child | 2.6% of assessments | 2.5% | Similar |
| Physical abuse by another child | 1.1% of assessments | 3% | Lower |
| Domestic abuse, the child as victim | 7.4% of assessments | 11.3% | Lower |
| Domestic abuse, a parent or carer as victim | 38.9% of assessments | 31.7% | Higher |
| Self-harm | 4.5% of assessments | 5% | Lower |
| The child's mental health | 14% of assessments | 17.6% | Lower |
| Drug misuse by the child | 3.9% of assessments | 4.8% | Lower |
| Alcohol misuse by the child | 1.2% of assessments | 2.1% | Lower |
| Socially unacceptable behaviour | 7.2% of assessments | 7% | Similar |
| Neglect | 14.4% of assessments | 17.6% | Lower |
| Emotional abuse | 8.2% of assessments | 19% | Lower |
Department for Education, Children in need, reporting year 2025.
Young people's health and youth justice
Published figures for Hartlepool against England; higher or lower is the publisher's own significance test.
| Measure | Period | Hartlepool | England | Compared |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hospital admissions for self-harm, ages 10 to 24 | 2023/24 | 415.6 per 100,000, age-standardised | 266.6 | Higher |
| Hospital admissions for violence, including sexual violence, all ages | 2022/23 - 24/25 | 54.4 per 100,000, age-standardised | 31.9 | Higher |
| First-time entrants to the youth justice system, ages 10 to 17 | 2025 | 224.3 per 100,000 aged 10 to 17 | 127.1 | Higher |
| Hospital admissions for substance misuse, ages 15 to 24 | 2022/23 - 24/25 | 43.4 per 100,000, age-standardised | 39 | Similar |
| Hospital admissions for alcohol-specific conditions, under 18 | 2021/22 - 23/24 | 16.6 per 100,000 under 18 | 22.6 | Similar |
| 16 and 17 year olds not in education, employment or training, or not known | 2025/26 | 6.5% of 16 and 17 year olds | 5.8% | Similar |
| Children under 16 in relative low income families | 2024/25 | 27.2% 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 Cleveland police force area, the force area the authority sits in.
| Measure | Cleveland | England and Wales | Compared |
|---|---|---|---|
| Domestic abuse-related incidents and crimes recorded by the police | 33.9 per 1,000 people | 21.8 | Higher |
| Domestic abuse-related crimes recorded by the police | 21.2 per 1,000 people | 13.2 | Higher |
| Cases discussed at multi-agency risk assessment conferences (MARACs) | 48.9 per 10,000 adult women | 50.2 | Similar |
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 Hartlepool
Which safeguarding partnership covers Hartlepool?
Hartlepool is covered by Hartlepool and Stockton-on-Tees Safeguarding Children Partnership, which it shares with Stockton-on-Tees. Its procedures, threshold guidance and training are published at https://www.hsscp.co.uk/.
How do I report a concern about a child in Hartlepool?
If a child is in immediate danger, call 999. Otherwise the council's page for reporting a concern about a child is https://www.teescpp.org.uk/contact/hartlepool. 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 Hartlepool?
Across Hartlepool, children's social care recorded child sexual exploitation and going missing 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 Hartlepool
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 (30)
- Barnard Grove Primary School
- Brougham Primary School
- Clavering Primary School
- Eldon Grove Academy
- Eskdale Academy
- Fens Primary School
- Golden Flatts Primary School
- Grange Primary School
- Greatham CofE Primary School
- Hart Primary School
- Holy Trinity Church of England Primary School
- Jesmond Gardens Primary School
- Kingsley Primary School
- Lynnfield Primary School
- Rift House Primary School
- Rossmere Academy
- Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School, Hartlepool
- St Aidan's Church of England Memorial Primary School
- St Bega's Catholic Primary School, Hartlepool
- St Cuthbert's Catholic Primary School, Hartlepool
- St Helen's Primary School
- St John Vianney Catholic Primary School, Hartlepool
- St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Hartlepool
- St Peter's Elwick Church of England Primary School
- St Teresa's Catholic Primary School
- Stranton Primary School
- Throston Primary School
- Ward Jackson Church of England Primary School
- West Park Primary School
- West View Primary School
Secondary (5)
Sixth forms and colleges (1)
Sixth forms in Hartlepool
Sixth form sites in Hartlepool, whichever authority their college is registered in. Each page reads the context against Hartlepool, where the site is.
Nurseries, pre-schools and clubs in Hartlepool
18 registered nurseries, pre-schools and out-of-school clubs on non-domestic premises in Hartlepool have their own pages, each describing the safeguarding context around the setting and the same authority figures as above. See every setting in Hartlepool.