Safeguarding context · Local authority
Redcar and Cleveland: the safeguarding context
- 66 schools and colleges
- England
- South Tees Safeguarding Children Partnership
Evidence of the local risks around every school and college in Redcar and Cleveland, ready for your policy, your staff and your inspector.
What children's services, the health service and the police record across Redcar and Cleveland, the local safeguarding arrangements, and the 66 open schools and colleges in the Department for Education register for Redcar and Cleveland, 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 Redcar and Cleveland
Across Redcar and Cleveland, children's social care recorded child criminal exploitation, gangs, going missing, 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
Redcar and Cleveland is covered by South Tees Safeguarding Children Partnership, shared with Middlesbrough.
- Report a concern about a childredcar-cleveland.gov.uk
- Redcar and Cleveland threshold document (continuum of need)teescpp.org.uk
- Request early help in Redcar and Clevelandredcar-cleveland.gov.uk
- Allegations against staff: the Redcar and Cleveland designated officer (LADO)redcar-cleveland.gov.uk
- Prevent referral route in Redcar and Clevelandredcar-cleveland.gov.uk
- Family hubs in Redcar and Clevelandredcar-cleveland.gov.uk
- The partnership's procedures, guidance and trainingstscp.co.uk
If a child is in immediate danger, call 999. Links checked 1 November 2026.
What is recorded across Redcar and Cleveland
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 Redcar and Cleveland. The whole authority, never a school, college or setting.
| Measure | Redcar and Cleveland | England | Compared |
|---|---|---|---|
| Children in need at 31 March | 582.2 per 10,000 children (1,601 children) | 330.3 | Higher |
| Children on child protection plans at 31 March | 68.7 per 10,000 children (189 children) | 40.6 | Higher |
| Child criminal exploitation | 3.6% of assessments | 3.2% | Higher |
| Child sexual exploitation | 1.6% of assessments | 2.4% | Lower |
| Gangs | 2.4% of assessments | 1.7% | Higher |
| Going missing | 4.3% of assessments | 3.3% | Higher |
| Trafficking | 0.3% of assessments | 0.4% | Not compared |
| Sexual abuse by another child | 3% of assessments | 2.5% | Higher |
| Physical abuse by another child | 4% of assessments | 3% | Higher |
| Domestic abuse, the child as victim | 8.4% of assessments | 11.3% | Lower |
| Domestic abuse, a parent or carer as victim | 36.3% of assessments | 31.7% | Higher |
| Self-harm | 4.4% of assessments | 5% | Lower |
| The child's mental health | 20.8% of assessments | 17.6% | Higher |
| Drug misuse by the child | 5.6% of assessments | 4.8% | Higher |
| Alcohol misuse by the child | 2.2% of assessments | 2.1% | Similar |
| Socially unacceptable behaviour | 7.3% of assessments | 7% | Similar |
| Neglect | 18.3% of assessments | 17.6% | Similar |
| Emotional abuse | 15% of assessments | 19% | Lower |
Department for Education, Children in need, reporting year 2025.
Young people's health and youth justice
Published figures for Redcar and Cleveland against England; higher or lower is the publisher's own significance test.
| Measure | Period | Redcar and Cleveland | England | Compared |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hospital admissions for self-harm, ages 10 to 24 | 2023/24 | 480.5 per 100,000, age-standardised | 266.6 | Higher |
| Hospital admissions for violence, including sexual violence, all ages | 2022/23 - 24/25 | 60.8 per 100,000, age-standardised | 31.9 | Higher |
| First-time entrants to the youth justice system, ages 10 to 17 | 2025 | 97 per 100,000 aged 10 to 17 | 127.1 | Similar |
| Hospital admissions for substance misuse, ages 15 to 24 | 2022/23 - 24/25 | 80 per 100,000, age-standardised | 39 | Higher |
| Hospital admissions for alcohol-specific conditions, under 18 | 2021/22 - 23/24 | 48.9 per 100,000 under 18 | 22.6 | Higher |
| 16 and 17 year olds not in education, employment or training, or not known | 2025/26 | 5.5% of 16 and 17 year olds | 5.8% | Similar |
| Children under 16 in relative low income families | 2024/25 | 26.2% 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 Redcar and Cleveland
Which safeguarding partnership covers Redcar and Cleveland?
Redcar and Cleveland is covered by South Tees Safeguarding Children Partnership, which it shares with Middlesbrough. Its procedures, threshold guidance and training are published at https://stscp.co.uk/.
How do I report a concern about a child in Redcar and Cleveland?
If a child is in immediate danger, call 999. Otherwise the council's page for reporting a concern about a child is https://www.redcar-cleveland.gov.uk/children-and-families-services/concerns-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 Redcar and Cleveland?
Across Redcar and Cleveland, children's social care recorded child criminal exploitation, gangs, going missing, 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 Redcar and Cleveland
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 (44)
- Badger Hill Academy
- Bankfields Primary School
- Belmont Primary School
- Caedmon Primary School
- Chaloner Primary School
- Coatham Church of England Primary School
- Dormanstown Primary Academy
- Errington Primary School
- Galley Hill Primary School
- Grangetown Primary School
- Green Gates Primary School
- Handale Primary School
- Highcliffe Primary School
- Hummersea Primary School
- Ings Farm Primary School
- John Emmerson Batty Primary School
- Lakes Primary School
- Lingdale Primary School
- Lockwood Primary School
- New Marske Primary School
- Newcomen Primary School
- Normanby Primary School
- Nunthorpe Primary Academy
- Ormesby Primary School
- Overfields Primary School
- Riverdale Primary School
- Saint Gabriel's Catholic Primary School
- Saint Joseph's Catholic Primary School, A Catholic Voluntary Academy
- Saint Paulinus Catholic Primary School, A Catholic Voluntary Academy
- Saltburn Primary School
- Skelton Primary School
- South Bank Community Primary School
- St Bede's Catholic Primary School
- St Benedict's Catholic Primary School
- St Margaret Clitherows RC Primary School
- St Mary's Catholic Primary School
- St Peter's Church of England Primary School
- Teesville Academy
- Westgarth Primary School
- Whale Hill Primary School
- Wheatlands Primary School
- Whitecliffe Academy
- Wilton Primary Academy
- Zetland Primary School
Secondary (10)
Sixth forms and colleges (1)
Colleges with a campus in Redcar and Cleveland
College campuses in Redcar and Cleveland, whichever authority their college is registered in. Each campus page reads the context against Redcar and Cleveland, where the campus is.
Nurseries, pre-schools and clubs in Redcar and Cleveland
35 registered nurseries, pre-schools and out-of-school clubs on non-domestic premises in Redcar and Cleveland have their own pages, each describing the safeguarding context around the setting and the same authority figures as above. See every setting in Redcar and Cleveland.