Safeguarding context · Local authority
North Tyneside: the safeguarding context
- 83 schools and colleges
- England
- North Tyneside Safeguarding Children Partnership
Evidence of the local risks around every school and college in North Tyneside, ready for your policy, your staff and your inspector.
What children's services, the health service and the police record across North Tyneside, the local safeguarding arrangements, and the 83 open schools and colleges in the Department for Education register for North Tyneside, England. Everything here describes the area. None of it rates a school or college.
£149 for 12 months
First finding · Harm and risk outside the home (ROTH) across North Tyneside
Across North Tyneside, children's social care recorded going missing and sexual 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.
Order the report for a school or college in North Tyneside
£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
North Tyneside is covered by North Tyneside Safeguarding Children Partnership.
- Report a concern about a childnorthtyneside.gov.uk
- North Tyneside threshold document (continuum of need)northtynesidescp.org.uk
- Request early help in North Tynesidenorthtynesidescp.org.uk
- Allegations against staff: the North Tyneside designated officer (LADO)northtynesidescp.org.uk
- Prevent referral route in North Tynesidenorthtynesidescp.org.uk
- Family hubs in North Tynesidenorthtyneside.gov.uk
- The partnership's procedures, guidance and trainingnorthtynesidescp.org.uk
If a child is in immediate danger, call 999. Links checked 25 September 2026.
What is recorded across North Tyneside
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 Tyneside. The whole authority, never a school, college or setting.
| Measure | North Tyneside | England | Compared |
|---|---|---|---|
| Children in need at 31 March | 383.8 per 10,000 children (1,622 children) | 330.3 | Higher |
| Children on child protection plans at 31 March | 31.5 per 10,000 children (133 children) | 40.6 | Lower |
| Child criminal exploitation | 1.6% of assessments | 3.2% | Lower |
| Child sexual exploitation | 2% of assessments | 2.4% | Lower |
| Gangs | 1.1% of assessments | 1.7% | Lower |
| Going missing | 4.4% of assessments | 3.3% | Higher |
| Trafficking | not published | 0.4% | Not compared |
| Sexual abuse by another child | 3.2% of assessments | 2.5% | Higher |
| Physical abuse by another child | 2.8% of assessments | 3% | Similar |
| Domestic abuse, the child as victim | 7.8% of assessments | 11.3% | Lower |
| Domestic abuse, a parent or carer as victim | 36.4% of assessments | 31.7% | Higher |
| Self-harm | 6.5% of assessments | 5% | Higher |
| The child's mental health | 24.1% of assessments | 17.6% | Higher |
| Drug misuse by the child | 6.3% of assessments | 4.8% | Higher |
| Alcohol misuse by the child | 4.2% of assessments | 2.1% | Higher |
| Socially unacceptable behaviour | 8% of assessments | 7% | Higher |
| Neglect | 11.3% of assessments | 17.6% | Lower |
| Emotional abuse | 10.1% of assessments | 19% | Lower |
Department for Education, Children in need, reporting year 2025.
Young people's health and youth justice
Published figures for North Tyneside against England; higher or lower is the publisher's own significance test.
| Measure | Period | North Tyneside | England | Compared |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hospital admissions for self-harm, ages 10 to 24 | 2023/24 | 784.9 per 100,000, age-standardised | 266.6 | Higher |
| Hospital admissions for violence, including sexual violence, all ages | 2022/23 - 24/25 | 62.1 per 100,000, age-standardised | 31.9 | Higher |
| First-time entrants to the youth justice system, ages 10 to 17 | 2025 | 145.1 per 100,000 aged 10 to 17 | 127.1 | Similar |
| Hospital admissions for substance misuse, ages 15 to 24 | 2022/23 - 24/25 | 135.6 per 100,000, age-standardised | 39 | Higher |
| Hospital admissions for alcohol-specific conditions, under 18 | 2021/22 - 23/24 | 60.3 per 100,000 under 18 | 22.6 | Higher |
| 16 and 17 year olds not in education, employment or training, or not known | 2025/26 | 4.4% of 16 and 17 year olds | 5.8% | Lower |
| Children under 16 in relative low income families | 2024/25 | 19.2% 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 Northumbria police force area, the force area the authority sits in.
| Measure | Northumbria | England and Wales | Compared |
|---|---|---|---|
| Domestic abuse-related incidents and crimes recorded by the police | 29 per 1,000 people | 21.8 | Higher |
| Domestic abuse-related crimes recorded by the police | 14.8 per 1,000 people | 13.2 | Higher |
| Cases discussed at multi-agency risk assessment conferences (MARACs) | 56.6 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 Tyneside
Which safeguarding partnership covers North Tyneside?
North Tyneside is covered by North Tyneside Safeguarding Children Partnership. Its procedures, threshold guidance and training are published at https://www.northtynesidescp.org.uk/.
How do I report a concern about a child in North Tyneside?
If a child is in immediate danger, call 999. Otherwise the council's page for reporting a concern about a child is https://www.northtyneside.gov.uk/help-and-support-north-tyneside/support-children-and-families/worried-about-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 Tyneside?
Across North Tyneside, children's social care recorded going missing and sexual 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 Tyneside
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 (1)
Primary (54)
- Amberley Primary School
- Appletree Gardens First School
- Backworth Park Primary School
- Bailey Green Primary School
- Balliol Primary School
- Battle Hill Primary School
- Benton Dene Primary School
- Burradon Community Primary School
- Carville Academy
- Christ Church CofE Primary School
- Collingwood Primary School
- Coquet Park First School
- Cullercoats Primary School
- Denbigh Community Primary School
- Fordley Primary School
- Forest Hall Primary School
- Grasmere Academy
- Greenfields Community Primary School
- Hadrian Park Primary School
- Hazlewood Community Primary School
- Holystone Primary School
- King Edward Primary School
- Langley First School
- Marine Park First School
- Monkhouse Primary School
- New York Primary School
- Percy Main Primary School
- Preston Grange Primary School
- Redesdale Primary School
- Richardson Dees Primary School
- Riverside Primary School
- Rockcliffe First School
- Shiremoor Primary School
- South Wellfield First School
- Southridge First School
- Spring Gardens Primary School
- St Aidan's Catholic Primary School, Wallsend
- St Bartholomew's Church of England Primary School (Aided)
- St Bernadette's Catholic Primary, Wallsend
- St Columba's Catholic Primary School, Wallsend
- St Cuthbert's Catholic Primary School, North Shields
- St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, North Shields
- St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Cullercoats
- St Marys Catholic Primary School, Forest Hall
- St Peter's Church of England Primary School
- St Stephen's Catholic Primary School, Newcastle
- Star of the Sea Catholic Primary School, Whitley Bay
- Stephenson Memorial Primary School
- Wallsend Jubilee Primary School
- Waterville Primary School
- Western Community Primary School
- Westmoor Primary School
- Whitehouse Primary School
- Whitley Lodge First School
Middle deemed secondary (4)
Secondary (11)
All-through (1)
Colleges with a campus in North Tyneside
College campuses in North Tyneside, whichever authority their college is registered in. Each campus page reads the context against North Tyneside, where the campus is.
Nurseries, pre-schools and clubs in North Tyneside
75 registered nurseries, pre-schools and out-of-school clubs on non-domestic premises in North Tyneside have their own pages, each describing the safeguarding context around the setting and the same authority figures as above. See every setting in North Tyneside.