Safeguarding context · Local authority
Portsmouth: the safeguarding context
- 66 schools and colleges
- England
- Portsmouth Safeguarding Children Partnership
Evidence of the local risks around every school and college in Portsmouth, ready for your policy, your staff and your inspector.
What children's services, the health service and the police record across Portsmouth, the local safeguarding arrangements, and the 66 open schools and colleges in the Department for Education register for Portsmouth, 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 Portsmouth
Across Portsmouth, children's social care recorded 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
Portsmouth is covered by Portsmouth Safeguarding Children Partnership.
- Report a concern about a childportsmouth.gov.uk
- Portsmouth threshold document (continuum of need)portsmouthscp.org.uk
- Request early help in Portsmouthportsmouth.gov.uk
- Allegations against staff: the Portsmouth designated officer (LADO)portsmouth.gov.uk
- Prevent referral route in Portsmouthportsmouthscp.org.uk
- Family hubs in Portsmouthportsmouth.gov.uk
- The partnership's procedures, guidance and trainingportsmouthscp.org.uk
If a child is in immediate danger, call 999. Links checked 1 November 2026.
What is recorded across Portsmouth
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 Portsmouth. The whole authority, never a school, college or setting.
| Measure | Portsmouth | England | Compared |
|---|---|---|---|
| Children in need at 31 March | 381.8 per 10,000 children (1,644 children) | 330.3 | Higher |
| Children on child protection plans at 31 March | 49.9 per 10,000 children (215 children) | 40.6 | Higher |
| Child criminal exploitation | 0% of assessments | 3.2% | Not compared |
| Child sexual exploitation | 0.5% of assessments | 2.4% | Lower |
| Gangs | 0.4% of assessments | 1.7% | Lower |
| Going missing | 1.4% of assessments | 3.3% | Lower |
| Trafficking | not published | 0.4% | Not compared |
| Sexual abuse by another child | 2.8% of assessments | 2.5% | Higher |
| Physical abuse by another child | 2.1% of assessments | 3% | Lower |
| Domestic abuse, the child as victim | 5.5% of assessments | 11.3% | Lower |
| Domestic abuse, a parent or carer as victim | 29.1% of assessments | 31.7% | Similar |
| Self-harm | 0.5% of assessments | 5% | Lower |
| The child's mental health | 5.8% of assessments | 17.6% | Lower |
| Drug misuse by the child | 2.4% of assessments | 4.8% | Lower |
| Alcohol misuse by the child | 0.5% of assessments | 2.1% | Lower |
| Socially unacceptable behaviour | 5.2% of assessments | 7% | Lower |
| Neglect | 41.4% of assessments | 17.6% | Higher |
| Emotional abuse | 22.5% of assessments | 19% | Higher |
Department for Education, Children in need, reporting year 2025.
Young people's health and youth justice
Published figures for Portsmouth against England; higher or lower is the publisher's own significance test.
| Measure | Period | Portsmouth | England | Compared |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hospital admissions for self-harm, ages 10 to 24 | 2023/24 | 302.8 per 100,000, age-standardised | 266.6 | Similar |
| Hospital admissions for violence, including sexual violence, all ages | 2022/23 - 24/25 | 15.9 per 100,000, age-standardised | 31.9 | Lower |
| First-time entrants to the youth justice system, ages 10 to 17 | 2025 | 161 per 100,000 aged 10 to 17 | 127.1 | Similar |
| Hospital admissions for substance misuse, ages 15 to 24 | 2022/23 - 24/25 | 31.3 per 100,000, age-standardised | 39 | Similar |
| Hospital admissions for alcohol-specific conditions, under 18 | 2021/22 - 23/24 | 19.1 per 100,000 under 18 | 22.6 | Similar |
| 16 and 17 year olds not in education, employment or training, or not known | 2025/26 | 11.5% of 16 and 17 year olds | 5.8% | Higher |
| Children under 16 in relative low income families | 2024/25 | 20.7% 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 Hampshire police force area, the force area the authority sits in.
| Measure | Hampshire | England and Wales | Compared |
|---|---|---|---|
| Domestic abuse-related incidents and crimes recorded by the police | 20.3 per 1,000 people | 21.8 | Similar |
| Domestic abuse-related crimes recorded by the police | 12.6 per 1,000 people | 13.2 | Similar |
| Cases discussed at multi-agency risk assessment conferences (MARACs) | 54.1 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 Portsmouth
Which safeguarding partnership covers Portsmouth?
Portsmouth is covered by Portsmouth Safeguarding Children Partnership. Its procedures, threshold guidance and training are published at https://www.portsmouthscp.org.uk/.
How do I report a concern about a child in Portsmouth?
If a child is in immediate danger, call 999. Otherwise the council's page for reporting a concern about a child is https://www.portsmouth.gov.uk/services/children-and-families/keeping-children-safe. 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 Portsmouth?
Across Portsmouth, children's social care recorded 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 Portsmouth
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 (45)
- Ark Ayrton Primary Academy
- Ark Dickens Primary Academy
- Arundel Court Primary Academy and Nursery
- Beacon View Primary Academy
- Bramble Infant School and Nursery
- Copnor Primary School
- Corpus Christi Catholic Primary School
- Cottage Grove Primary School and Nursery
- Court Lane Infant Academy
- Court Lane Junior Academy
- Craneswater Junior School
- Cumberland Infant School
- Devonshire Infant School
- Fernhurst Junior School
- Gatcombe Park Primary School
- Highbury Primary School
- King's Academy College Park (Infant)
- King's Academy College Park (Junior)
- King's Academy Northern Parade (Infant)
- King's Academy Northern Parade (Junior)
- Langstone Primary Academy
- Manor Infant and Nursery School
- Medina Primary School
- Meon Infant School
- Meon Junior School
- Milton Park Primary School
- Moorings Way Infant School
- New Horizons Primary School
- Penbridge Infant School
- Penbridge Junior School
- Portsdown Primary School
- Solent Infant School
- Solent Junior School
- Southsea Infant School
- St George's Beneficial Church of England (Voluntary Controlled) Primary School
- St John's Cathedral Catholic Primary School
- St Jude's CofE Primary School
- St Paul's Catholic Primary School
- St Swithun's Catholic Primary School
- Stamshaw Infant Academy
- Stamshaw Junior School
- The Flying Bull Academy
- The Victory Primary School
- Westover Primary School
- Wimborne Primary School
Secondary (10)
All-through (1)
Sixth forms and colleges (1)
Colleges and sixth forms with a campus in Portsmouth
Colleges and sixth forms with a site in Portsmouth, whichever authority their college is registered in. Each campus page reads the context against Portsmouth, where the campus is.
Nurseries, pre-schools and clubs in Portsmouth
108 registered nurseries, pre-schools and out-of-school clubs on non-domestic premises in Portsmouth have their own pages, each describing the safeguarding context around the setting and the same authority figures as above. See every setting in Portsmouth.