Safeguarding context · Local authority
Rutland: the safeguarding context
- 27 schools and colleges
- England
- Leicestershire and Rutland Safeguarding Children Partnership
Evidence of the local risks around every school and college in Rutland, ready for your policy, your staff and your inspector.
What children's services, the health service and the police record across Rutland, the local safeguarding arrangements, and the 27 open schools and colleges in the Department for Education register for Rutland, 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 Rutland
Across Rutland, children's social care recorded child sexual exploitation 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
Rutland is covered by Leicestershire and Rutland Safeguarding Children Partnership, shared with Leicestershire.
- Report a concern about a childlrsb.org.uk
- Rutland threshold document (continuum of need)lrsb.org.uk
- Request early help in Rutlandrutland.gov.uk
- Allegations against staff: the Rutland designated officer (LADO)rutland.gov.uk
- Prevent referral route in Rutlandrutland.gov.uk
- Family hubs in Rutlandrutland.gov.uk
- The partnership's procedures, guidance and traininglrsb.org.uk
If a child is in immediate danger, call 999. Links checked 1 November 2026.
What is recorded across Rutland
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 Rutland. The whole authority, never a school, college or setting.
| Measure | Rutland | England | Compared |
|---|---|---|---|
| Children in need at 31 March | 220.9 per 10,000 children (177 children) | 330.3 | Lower |
| Children on child protection plans at 31 March | 34.9 per 10,000 children (28 children) | 40.6 | Lower |
| Child criminal exploitation | 0% of assessments | 3.2% | Not compared |
| Child sexual exploitation | 10.1% of assessments | 2.4% | Higher |
| Gangs | not published | 1.7% | Not compared |
| Going missing | not published | 3.3% | Not compared |
| Trafficking | not published | 0.4% | Not compared |
| Sexual abuse by another child | not published | 2.5% | Not compared |
| Physical abuse by another child | not published | 3% | Not compared |
| Domestic abuse, the child as victim | 11.1% of assessments | 11.3% | Similar |
| Domestic abuse, a parent or carer as victim | 35% of assessments | 31.7% | Higher |
| Self-harm | 8.8% of assessments | 5% | Higher |
| The child's mental health | 34.6% of assessments | 17.6% | Higher |
| Drug misuse by the child | 4.1% of assessments | 4.8% | Not compared |
| Alcohol misuse by the child | 6.5% of assessments | 2.1% | Higher |
| Socially unacceptable behaviour | 9.2% of assessments | 7% | Higher |
| Neglect | 14.7% of assessments | 17.6% | Lower |
| Emotional abuse | 18% of assessments | 19% | Similar |
Department for Education, Children in need, reporting year 2025.
Young people's health and youth justice
Published figures for Rutland against England; higher or lower is the publisher's own significance test.
| Measure | Period | Rutland | England | Compared |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hospital admissions for self-harm, ages 10 to 24 | 2023/24 | not published | 266.6 | Not compared |
| Hospital admissions for violence, including sexual violence, all ages | 2022/23 - 24/25 | 15.4 per 100,000, age-standardised | 31.9 | Lower |
| First-time entrants to the youth justice system, ages 10 to 17 | 2025 | not published | 127.1 | Not compared |
| Hospital admissions for substance misuse, ages 15 to 24 | 2022/23 - 24/25 | not published | 39 | Not compared |
| Hospital admissions for alcohol-specific conditions, under 18 | 2021/22 - 23/24 | not published | 22.6 | Not compared |
| 16 and 17 year olds not in education, employment or training, or not known | 2025/26 | 1.2% of 16 and 17 year olds | 5.8% | Lower |
| Children under 16 in relative low income families | 2024/25 | 11.5% 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 Leicestershire police force area, the force area the authority sits in.
| Measure | Leicestershire | England and Wales | Compared |
|---|---|---|---|
| Domestic abuse-related incidents and crimes recorded by the police | 19.1 per 1,000 people | 21.8 | Lower |
| Domestic abuse-related crimes recorded by the police | 13.1 per 1,000 people | 13.2 | Similar |
| Cases discussed at multi-agency risk assessment conferences (MARACs) | 28.7 per 10,000 adult women | 50.2 | Lower |
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 Rutland
Which safeguarding partnership covers Rutland?
Rutland is covered by Leicestershire and Rutland Safeguarding Children Partnership, which it shares with Leicestershire. Its procedures, threshold guidance and training are published at https://lrsb.org.uk.
How do I report a concern about a child in Rutland?
If a child is in immediate danger, call 999. Otherwise the council's page for reporting a concern about a child is http://lrsb.org.uk/childreport. 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 Rutland?
Across Rutland, children's social care recorded child sexual exploitation 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 Rutland
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 (17)
- Brooke Hill Academy
- Catmose Primary
- Cottesmore Academy
- Edith Weston Academy
- Empingham Church of England Primary School
- English Martyrs' Catholic Voluntary Academy
- Exton and Greetham CofE Primary School
- Great Casterton Church of England Primary School
- Ketton Church of England Primary School
- Langham CofE (Controlled) Primary School
- Leighfield Primary School
- Oakham CofE Primary School
- Ryhall CofE Academy
- St Mary and St John CofE VA Primary School
- St Nicholas Church of England Primary School
- Uppingham Church of England Primary School
- Whissendine Church of England Primary School
Sixth forms and colleges (1)
Other schools and colleges (6)
Nurseries, pre-schools and clubs in Rutland
20 registered nurseries, pre-schools and out-of-school clubs on non-domestic premises in Rutland have their own pages, each describing the safeguarding context around the setting and the same authority figures as above. See every setting in Rutland.