Safeguarding context · Local authority
North East Lincolnshire: the safeguarding context
- 73 schools and colleges
- England
- North East Lincolnshire Safeguarding Children Partnership
Evidence of the local risks around every school and college in North East Lincolnshire, ready for your policy, your staff and your inspector.
What children's services, the health service and the police record across North East Lincolnshire, the local safeguarding arrangements, and the 73 open schools and colleges in the Department for Education register for North East Lincolnshire, 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 North East Lincolnshire
Across North East Lincolnshire, children's social care recorded child criminal exploitation, child sexual exploitation, 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
North East Lincolnshire is covered by North East Lincolnshire Safeguarding Children Partnership.
- Report a concern about a childnelincs.gov.uk
- North East Lincolnshire threshold document (continuum of need)nelincs.gov.uk
- Request early help in North East Lincolnshirenelincs.gov.uk
- Allegations against staff: the North East Lincolnshire designated officer (LADO)nelincs.gov.uk
- Prevent referral route in North East Lincolnshirenelincs.gov.uk
- Family hubs in North East Lincolnshirenelincs.gov.uk
- The partnership's procedures, guidance and trainingnelincs.gov.uk
If a child is in immediate danger, call 999. Links checked 1 November 2026.
What is recorded across North East Lincolnshire
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 North East Lincolnshire. The whole authority, never a school, college or setting.
| Measure | North East Lincolnshire | England | Compared |
|---|---|---|---|
| Children in need at 31 March | 524.4 per 10,000 children (1,758 children) | 330.3 | Higher |
| Children on child protection plans at 31 March | 44.2 per 10,000 children (148 children) | 40.6 | Similar |
| Child criminal exploitation | 5% of assessments | 3.2% | Higher |
| Child sexual exploitation | 4% of assessments | 2.4% | Higher |
| Gangs | 1.7% of assessments | 1.7% | Similar |
| Going missing | 4.9% of assessments | 3.3% | Higher |
| Trafficking | 0.7% of assessments | 0.4% | Higher |
| Sexual abuse by another child | 5.3% of assessments | 2.5% | Higher |
| Physical abuse by another child | 4.7% of assessments | 3% | Higher |
| Domestic abuse, the child as victim | 14% of assessments | 11.3% | Higher |
| Domestic abuse, a parent or carer as victim | 43.5% of assessments | 31.7% | Higher |
| Self-harm | 6.1% of assessments | 5% | Higher |
| The child's mental health | 17.8% of assessments | 17.6% | Similar |
| Drug misuse by the child | 6.2% of assessments | 4.8% | Higher |
| Alcohol misuse by the child | 2.7% of assessments | 2.1% | Higher |
| Socially unacceptable behaviour | 9.5% of assessments | 7% | Higher |
| Neglect | 18.6% of assessments | 17.6% | Similar |
| Emotional abuse | 25.4% of assessments | 19% | Higher |
Department for Education, Children in need, reporting year 2025.
Young people's health and youth justice
Published figures for North East Lincolnshire against England; higher or lower is the publisher's own significance test.
| Measure | Period | North East Lincolnshire | England | Compared |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hospital admissions for self-harm, ages 10 to 24 | 2023/24 | 214.8 per 100,000, age-standardised | 266.6 | Similar |
| Hospital admissions for violence, including sexual violence, all ages | 2022/23 - 24/25 | 62.9 per 100,000, age-standardised | 31.9 | Higher |
| First-time entrants to the youth justice system, ages 10 to 17 | 2025 | 160.6 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 | Similar |
| Hospital admissions for alcohol-specific conditions, under 18 | 2021/22 - 23/24 | 27.2 per 100,000 under 18 | 22.6 | Similar |
| 16 and 17 year olds not in education, employment or training, or not known | 2025/26 | 6.8% of 16 and 17 year olds | 5.8% | Higher |
| Children under 16 in relative low income families | 2024/25 | 30.8% 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 Humberside police force area, the force area the authority sits in.
| Measure | Humberside | England and Wales | Compared |
|---|---|---|---|
| Domestic abuse-related incidents and crimes recorded by the police | 32.5 per 1,000 people | 21.8 | Higher |
| Domestic abuse-related crimes recorded by the police | 16.7 per 1,000 people | 13.2 | Higher |
| Cases discussed at multi-agency risk assessment conferences (MARACs) | 116.2 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 North East Lincolnshire
Which safeguarding partnership covers North East Lincolnshire?
North East Lincolnshire is covered by North East Lincolnshire Safeguarding Children Partnership. Its procedures, threshold guidance and training are published at https://www.nelincs.gov.uk/scp/.
How do I report a concern about a child in North East Lincolnshire?
If a child is in immediate danger, call 999. Otherwise the council's page for reporting a concern about a child is https://www.nelincs.gov.uk/health-wellbeing-and-social-care/childrens-social-care/report-a-concern-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 North East Lincolnshire?
Across North East Lincolnshire, children's social care recorded child criminal exploitation, child sexual exploitation, 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 North East Lincolnshire
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 (2)
Primary (48)
- Bursar Primary Academy
- Coomb Briggs Primary Academy
- East Ravendale CofE Primary School Academy
- Eastfield Primary Academy
- Edward Heneage Primary Academy
- Elliston Primary Academy
- Enfield Academy of New Waltham
- Fairfield Academy
- Grange Primary School
- Great Coates Primary School
- Healing Primary Academy
- Humberston Cloverfields Academy
- Laceby Acres Primary Academy
- Laceby Stanford Primary Academy
- Lisle Marsden Church of England Primary Academy
- Littlecoates Primary Academy
- Macaulay Primary Academy
- Middlethorpe Primary Academy
- New Waltham Academy
- Oasis Academy Nunsthorpe
- Old Clee Primary Academy
- Ormiston South Parade Academy
- Pilgrim Academy
- Queen Mary Avenue Infant School
- Reynolds Primary Academy
- Saint Mary's Catholic Voluntary Academy
- Scartho Gateway Academy
- Scartho Infants' School and Nursery
- Scartho Junior Academy
- Signhills Academy
- Signhills Infant Academy
- Springfield Primary Academy
- St Peter's CofE Primary School
- Stallingborough CofE Primary School
- Strand Primary Academy
- The Canon Peter Hall CofE Primary School
- The Humberston Church of England Primary School
- Thrunscoe Primary and Nursery Academy
- Waltham Gateway Academy
- Waltham Leas Primary Academy
- Weelsby Academy
- Welholme Academy
- Western Primary School
- William Barcroft Junior School
- Willows Academy
- Woodlands Academy
- Wybers Wood Academy
- Yarborough Academy
Secondary (10)
Sixth forms and colleges (2)
Other schools and colleges (11)
Colleges with a campus in North East Lincolnshire
College campuses in North East Lincolnshire, whichever authority their college is registered in. Each campus page reads the context against North East Lincolnshire, where the campus is.
Nurseries, pre-schools and clubs in North East Lincolnshire
49 registered nurseries, pre-schools and out-of-school clubs on non-domestic premises in North East Lincolnshire have their own pages, each describing the safeguarding context around the setting and the same authority figures as above. See every setting in North East Lincolnshire.