Safeguarding context · Local authority
South Tyneside: the safeguarding context
- 64 schools and colleges
- England
- South Tyneside Safeguarding Children and Adults Partnership
Evidence of the local risks around every school and college in South Tyneside, ready for your policy, your staff and your inspector.
What children's services, the health service and the police record across South Tyneside, the local safeguarding arrangements, and the 64 open schools and colleges in the Department for Education register for South Tyneside, 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 South Tyneside
Across South Tyneside, 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
South Tyneside is covered by South Tyneside Safeguarding Children and Adults Partnership.
- Report a concern about a childsouthtyneside.gov.uk
- South Tyneside threshold document (continuum of need)southtyneside.gov.uk
- Request early help in South Tynesidesouthtyneside.gov.uk
- Allegations against staff: the South Tyneside designated officer (LADO)nesubregion.trixonline.co.uk
- Prevent referral route in South Tynesidesouthtyneside.gov.uk
- Family hubs in South Tynesidesouthtyneside.gov.uk
- The partnership's procedures, guidance and trainingsouthtyneside.gov.uk
If a child is in immediate danger, call 999. Links checked 25 September 2026.
What is recorded across South 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 South Tyneside. The whole authority, never a school, college or setting.
| Measure | South Tyneside | England | Compared |
|---|---|---|---|
| Children in need at 31 March | 412.9 per 10,000 children (1,260 children) | 330.3 | Higher |
| Children on child protection plans at 31 March | 50.5 per 10,000 children (154 children) | 40.6 | Higher |
| Child criminal exploitation | 0% of assessments | 3.2% | Not compared |
| Child sexual exploitation | 2.7% of assessments | 2.4% | Higher |
| Gangs | 1.8% of assessments | 1.7% | Similar |
| Going missing | 3.6% of assessments | 3.3% | Similar |
| Trafficking | 0.6% of assessments | 0.4% | Not compared |
| Sexual abuse by another child | 0% of assessments | 2.5% | Not compared |
| Physical abuse by another child | not published | 3% | Not compared |
| Domestic abuse, the child as victim | 10.8% of assessments | 11.3% | Similar |
| Domestic abuse, a parent or carer as victim | 40.6% of assessments | 31.7% | Higher |
| Self-harm | 6.3% of assessments | 5% | Higher |
| The child's mental health | 29.9% of assessments | 17.6% | Higher |
| Drug misuse by the child | 4% of assessments | 4.8% | Lower |
| Alcohol misuse by the child | 2.1% of assessments | 2.1% | Similar |
| Socially unacceptable behaviour | 9.4% of assessments | 7% | Higher |
| Neglect | 19.7% of assessments | 17.6% | Higher |
| Emotional abuse | 19% of assessments | 19% | Similar |
Department for Education, Children in need, reporting year 2025.
Young people's health and youth justice
Published figures for South Tyneside against England; higher or lower is the publisher's own significance test.
| Measure | Period | South Tyneside | England | Compared |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hospital admissions for self-harm, ages 10 to 24 | 2023/24 | 355.6 per 100,000, age-standardised | 266.6 | Higher |
| Hospital admissions for violence, including sexual violence, all ages | 2022/23 - 24/25 | 55.1 per 100,000, age-standardised | 31.9 | Higher |
| First-time entrants to the youth justice system, ages 10 to 17 | 2025 | 115.5 per 100,000 aged 10 to 17 | 127.1 | Similar |
| Hospital admissions for substance misuse, ages 15 to 24 | 2022/23 - 24/25 | 84.3 per 100,000, age-standardised | 39 | Higher |
| Hospital admissions for alcohol-specific conditions, under 18 | 2021/22 - 23/24 | 49.1 per 100,000 under 18 | 22.6 | Higher |
| 16 and 17 year olds not in education, employment or training, or not known | 2025/26 | 6.6% of 16 and 17 year olds | 5.8% | Higher |
| Children under 16 in relative low income families | 2024/25 | 26.5% 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 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 South Tyneside
Which safeguarding partnership covers South Tyneside?
South Tyneside is covered by South Tyneside Safeguarding Children and Adults Partnership. Its procedures, threshold guidance and training are published at https://www.southtyneside.gov.uk/article/13218.
How do I report a concern about a child in South 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.southtyneside.gov.uk/article/58531/Report-a-concern. 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 South Tyneside?
Across South Tyneside, 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 South 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 (4)
Primary (45)
- Ashley Academy
- Bede Burn Primary School
- Biddick Hall Infants' School
- Biddick Hall Junior School
- Cleadon Church of England Academy
- Dunn Street Primary School
- East Boldon Infants' School
- East Boldon Junior School
- Fellgate Primary School
- Forest View Primary
- Hadrian Primary School
- Harton Primary School
- Hebburn Lakes Primary School
- Hedworth Lane Primary School
- Hedworthfield Primary School
- Holy Trinity Church of England Academy (South Shields)
- Jarrow Cross CofE Primary School
- Laygate Community School
- Lord Blyton Primary School
- Marine Park Primary School
- Marsden Primary School
- Monkton Academy
- Monkton Infants' School
- Mortimer Primary School
- Ridgeway Primary Academy
- Sea View Primary School
- Simonside Primary School
- SS Peter and Paul Catholic Primary School, South Shields
- St Aloysius Catholic Infant School, Hebburn
- St Aloysius Catholic Junior School Academy
- St Bede's Catholic Primary School, Jarrow
- St Bede's Catholic Primary School, South Shields
- St Gregory's Catholic Primary School, South Shields
- St James' Catholic Primary School, Hebburn
- St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Jarrow
- St Mary's Catholic Primary School
- St Matthew's Catholic Primary School, Jarrow
- St Oswald's Catholic Primary School, South Shields
- St Oswald's CofE Aided Primary School
- Stanhope Primary School
- Toner Avenue Primary School
- Valley View Primary School
- West Boldon Primary School
- Westoe Crown Primary School
- Whitburn Village Primary School
Secondary (8)
Sixth forms and colleges (1)
Colleges with a campus in South Tyneside
College campuses in South Tyneside, whichever authority their college is registered in. Each campus page reads the context against South Tyneside, where the campus is.
Nurseries, pre-schools and clubs in South Tyneside
42 registered nurseries, pre-schools and out-of-school clubs on non-domestic premises in South Tyneside have their own pages, each describing the safeguarding context around the setting and the same authority figures as above. See every setting in South Tyneside.