Safeguarding context · Local authority
Oldham: the safeguarding context
- 129 schools and colleges
- England
- Oldham Safeguarding Children Partnership
Evidence of the local risks around every school and college in Oldham, ready for your policy, your staff and your inspector.
What children's services, the health service and the police record across Oldham, the local safeguarding arrangements, and the 129 open schools and colleges in the Department for Education register for Oldham, 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 Oldham
Across Oldham, 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.
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Local safeguarding arrangements
Oldham is covered by Oldham Safeguarding Children Partnership.
- Report a concern about a childoldham.gov.uk
- Oldham threshold document (continuum of need)olscb.org
- Request early help in Oldhamoldham.gov.uk
- Allegations against staff: the Oldham designated officer (LADO)olscb.org
- Prevent referral route in Oldhamoldham.gov.uk
- Family hubs in Oldhamfamilyhubs.oldham.gov.uk
- The partnership's procedures, guidance and trainingolscb.org
If a child is in immediate danger, call 999. Links checked 1 November 2026.
What is recorded across Oldham
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 Oldham. The whole authority, never a school, college or setting.
| Measure | Oldham | England | Compared |
|---|---|---|---|
| Children in need at 31 March | 414.1 per 10,000 children (2,653 children) | 330.3 | Higher |
| Children on child protection plans at 31 March | 68.8 per 10,000 children (441 children) | 40.6 | Higher |
| Child criminal exploitation | 2.4% of assessments | 3.2% | Lower |
| Child sexual exploitation | 1% of assessments | 2.4% | Lower |
| Gangs | 1.1% of assessments | 1.7% | Lower |
| Going missing | 8.3% of assessments | 3.3% | Higher |
| Trafficking | not published | 0.4% | Not compared |
| Sexual abuse by another child | 2.9% of assessments | 2.5% | Higher |
| Physical abuse by another child | 2.1% of assessments | 3% | Lower |
| Domestic abuse, the child as victim | 11.9% of assessments | 11.3% | Similar |
| Domestic abuse, a parent or carer as victim | 37.2% of assessments | 31.7% | Higher |
| Self-harm | 3% of assessments | 5% | Lower |
| The child's mental health | 11.6% of assessments | 17.6% | Lower |
| Drug misuse by the child | 4.8% of assessments | 4.8% | Similar |
| Alcohol misuse by the child | 1.1% of assessments | 2.1% | Lower |
| Socially unacceptable behaviour | 7.9% of assessments | 7% | Higher |
| Neglect | 14.2% of assessments | 17.6% | Lower |
| Emotional abuse | 26.4% of assessments | 19% | Higher |
Department for Education, Children in need, reporting year 2025.
Young people's health and youth justice
Published figures for Oldham against England; higher or lower is the publisher's own significance test.
| Measure | Period | Oldham | England | Compared |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hospital admissions for self-harm, ages 10 to 24 | 2023/24 | 224.4 per 100,000, age-standardised | 266.6 | Similar |
| Hospital admissions for violence, including sexual violence, all ages | 2022/23 - 24/25 | 36.1 per 100,000, age-standardised | 31.9 | Higher |
| First-time entrants to the youth justice system, ages 10 to 17 | 2025 | 165.4 per 100,000 aged 10 to 17 | 127.1 | Similar |
| Hospital admissions for substance misuse, ages 15 to 24 | 2022/23 - 24/25 | 29.8 per 100,000, age-standardised | 39 | Similar |
| Hospital admissions for alcohol-specific conditions, under 18 | 2021/22 - 23/24 | 10.7 per 100,000 under 18 | 22.6 | Lower |
| 16 and 17 year olds not in education, employment or training, or not known | 2025/26 | 4.6% of 16 and 17 year olds | 5.8% | Lower |
| Children under 16 in relative low income families | 2024/25 | 38.2% 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 Greater Manchester police force area, the force area the authority sits in.
| Measure | Greater Manchester | England and Wales | Compared |
|---|---|---|---|
| Domestic abuse-related incidents and crimes recorded by the police | 23.9 per 1,000 people | 21.8 | Similar |
| Domestic abuse-related crimes recorded by the police | 17.4 per 1,000 people | 13.2 | Higher |
| Cases discussed at multi-agency risk assessment conferences (MARACs) | 98.2 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 Oldham
Which safeguarding partnership covers Oldham?
Oldham is covered by Oldham Safeguarding Children Partnership. Its procedures, threshold guidance and training are published at https://www.olscb.org/.
How do I report a concern about a child in Oldham?
If a child is in immediate danger, call 999. Otherwise the council's page for reporting a concern about a child is http://www.oldham.gov.uk/lscb/. 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 Oldham?
Across Oldham, 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 Oldham
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 (86)
- Alexandra Park Junior School
- Alt Academy
- Bare Trees Primary School
- Beal Vale Primary School
- Beever Primary School
- Blackshaw Lane Primary & Nursery School
- Broadfield Primary School
- Buckstones Primary School
- Burnley Brow Community School
- Christ Church CofE Primary School
- Christ Church CofE Primary School
- Coppice Primary Academy
- Corpus Christi RC Primary School, a Voluntary Academy
- Crompton Primary School
- Delph Primary School
- Diggle School
- East Crompton St George's CofE School
- East Crompton St James CofE Primary School
- Fir Bank Primary School
- Freehold Community Academy
- Friezland Primary School
- Glodwick Infant and Nursery School
- Greenacres Primary Academy
- Greenfield Primary School
- Greenfield St Mary's CofE School
- Greenhill Academy
- Hey-with-Zion Primary School
- Higher Failsworth Primary School
- Hodge Clough Primary School
- Holy Cross Ceva Primary School
- Holy Family RC Primary School
- Holy Rosary RC Primary School, a Voluntary Academy
- Holy Trinity CofE Dobcross Primary School
- Horton Mill Community Primary School
- Knowsley Junior School
- Limehurst Community Primary School
- Littlemoor Primary School
- Lyndhurst Primary and Nursery School
- Mather Street Primary School
- Mayfield Primary School
- Medlock Valley Primary School
- Mills Hill Primary School
- Northmoor Academy
- Oasis Academy Clarksfield
- Oasis Academy Limeside
- Propps Hall Junior Infant and Nursery School
- Richmond Academy
- Roundthorn Primary Academy
- Royton Hall Primary School
- Rushcroft Primary School
- South Failsworth Community Primary School
- Springhead Infant and Nursery School
- Ss Aidan and Oswald's RC Primary School, a Voluntary Academy
- St Agnes CofE Primary School
- St Anne's CofE Lydgate Primary School
- St Anne's CofE Primary School
- St Anne's RC Primary School, a Voluntary Academy
- St Chad's Church of England Primary School
- St Edwards Roman Catholic Primary, a Voluntary Academy
- St Herbert's RC Primary School, a Voluntary Academy
- St Hilda's CofE Primary School
- St Hugh's CofE Primary School
- St John's Church of England Primary School
- St Joseph's RC Junior, Infant and Nursery School, A Voluntary Academy
- St Luke's CofE Primary School
- St Margaret's CofE Junior Infant and Nursery School
- St Martin's CofE Junior Infant and Nursery School
- St Mary's CofE Primary School High Crompton
- St Mary's RC Primary School, a Voluntary Academy
- St Matthew's CofE Primary School
- St Patrick's RC Primary School, a Voluntary Academy
- St Theresa's RC Primary School, a Voluntary Academy
- St Thomas CofE Primary School
- St Thomas Moorside CofE (VA) Primary School
- St Thomas' Leesfield CofE Primary School
- St. Paul's CofE Primary School
- Stanley Road Primary School
- Thornham St. James CofE Primary School
- Thorp Primary School
- Werneth Primary School
- Westwood Academy
- Whitegate End Primary and Nursery School
- Willowpark Primary Academy
- Woodhouses Voluntary Primary School
- Woodlands Primary Academy
- Yew Tree Community School
Secondary (14)
- Co-op Academy Failsworth
- Co-op Academy Strinesdale
- E-ACT Royton and Crompton Academy
- E-ACT the Oldham Academy North
- North Chadderton School
- Oasis Academy Leesbrook
- Oasis Academy Oldham
- Saddleworth School
- Saint John Henry Newman Roman Catholic College, A Voluntary Academy
- The Blue Coat CofE School
- The Brian Clarke Church of England Academy
- The Crompton House Church of England Academy
- The Hathershaw College
- The Radclyffe School
Sixth forms and colleges (2)
Other schools and colleges (27)
- Bright Futures School
- Chances Mentoring
- Darul Hadis Latifiah Northwest
- EdStart Schools Oldham and Rochdale
- Ellen House Secondary
- Farrowdale House School
- Future Finders Employability College
- Greater Manchester Independent School
- Halcyon Way School
- Hollinwood Academy
- Hulme Grammar School
- Kingfisher Special School
- Maple Leaf Primary School
- New Bridge School
- Path 4
- Sapience Girls Academy
- SEE (Oldham)
- SMS Changing Lives School
- Spring Brook Academy
- Supreme Start Ltd
- Teenage Kicks
- The Chadderton Preparatory School
- The Grove Partnership
- The Springboard Project
- Thornycroft School
- Westwood Boys School
- Westwood High
Nurseries, pre-schools and clubs in Oldham
130 registered nurseries, pre-schools and out-of-school clubs on non-domestic premises in Oldham have their own pages, each describing the safeguarding context around the setting and the same authority figures as above. See every setting in Oldham.