Safeguarding context · Local authority
St. Helens: the safeguarding context
- 80 schools and colleges
- England
- St Helens Safeguarding Children Partnership
Evidence of the local risks around every school and college in St. Helens, ready for your policy, your staff and your inspector.
What children's services, the health service and the police record across St. Helens, the local safeguarding arrangements, and the 80 open schools and colleges in the Department for Education register for St. Helens, 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 St. Helens
Across St. Helens, children's social care recorded child criminal exploitation, child sexual exploitation, gangs, going missing, trafficking, 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
St. Helens is covered by St Helens Safeguarding Children Partnership.
- Report a concern about a childsthelens.gov.uk
- St. Helens threshold document (continuum of need)sthelenssafeguarding.org.uk
- Request early help in St. Helenssthelens.gov.uk
- Allegations against staff: the St. Helens designated officer (LADO)sthelenssafeguarding.org.uk
- Prevent referral route in St. Helenssthelenssafeguarding.org.uk
- Family hubs in St. Helenssthelens.gov.uk
- The partnership's procedures, guidance and trainingsthelenssafeguarding.org.uk
If a child is in immediate danger, call 999. Links checked 1 November 2026.
What is recorded across St. Helens
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 St. Helens. The whole authority, never a school, college or setting.
| Measure | St. Helens | England | Compared |
|---|---|---|---|
| Children in need at 31 March | 443.8 per 10,000 children (1,669 children) | 330.3 | Higher |
| Children on child protection plans at 31 March | 56.4 per 10,000 children (212 children) | 40.6 | Higher |
| Child criminal exploitation | 6.5% of assessments | 3.2% | Higher |
| Child sexual exploitation | 4.2% of assessments | 2.4% | Higher |
| Gangs | 2.2% of assessments | 1.7% | Higher |
| Going missing | 4.9% of assessments | 3.3% | Higher |
| Trafficking | 1.1% of assessments | 0.4% | Higher |
| Sexual abuse by another child | 3.7% of assessments | 2.5% | Higher |
| Physical abuse by another child | 4.9% of assessments | 3% | Higher |
| Domestic abuse, the child as victim | 14.1% of assessments | 11.3% | Higher |
| Domestic abuse, a parent or carer as victim | 42.3% of assessments | 31.7% | Higher |
| Self-harm | 9.4% of assessments | 5% | Higher |
| The child's mental health | 22.7% of assessments | 17.6% | Higher |
| Drug misuse by the child | 8.2% of assessments | 4.8% | Higher |
| Alcohol misuse by the child | 3% of assessments | 2.1% | Higher |
| Socially unacceptable behaviour | 7.3% of assessments | 7% | Similar |
| Neglect | 29% of assessments | 17.6% | Higher |
| Emotional abuse | 27.5% of assessments | 19% | Higher |
Department for Education, Children in need, reporting year 2025.
Young people's health and youth justice
Published figures for St. Helens against England; higher or lower is the publisher's own significance test.
| Measure | Period | St. Helens | England | Compared |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hospital admissions for self-harm, ages 10 to 24 | 2023/24 | 674.1 per 100,000, age-standardised | 266.6 | Higher |
| Hospital admissions for violence, including sexual violence, all ages | 2022/23 - 24/25 | 84.1 per 100,000, age-standardised | 31.9 | Higher |
| First-time entrants to the youth justice system, ages 10 to 17 | 2025 | 180.3 per 100,000 aged 10 to 17 | 127.1 | Similar |
| Hospital admissions for substance misuse, ages 15 to 24 | 2022/23 - 24/25 | 152.1 per 100,000, age-standardised | 39 | Higher |
| Hospital admissions for alcohol-specific conditions, under 18 | 2021/22 - 23/24 | 60.5 per 100,000 under 18 | 22.6 | Higher |
| 16 and 17 year olds not in education, employment or training, or not known | 2025/26 | 6.2% of 16 and 17 year olds | 5.8% | Similar |
| Children under 16 in relative low income families | 2024/25 | 21.5% 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 Merseyside police force area, the force area the authority sits in.
| Measure | Merseyside | England and Wales | Compared |
|---|---|---|---|
| Domestic abuse-related incidents and crimes recorded by the police | 22.8 per 1,000 people | 21.8 | Similar |
| Domestic abuse-related crimes recorded by the police | 16.5 per 1,000 people | 13.2 | Higher |
| Cases discussed at multi-agency risk assessment conferences (MARACs) | 71.2 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 St. Helens
Which safeguarding partnership covers St. Helens?
St. Helens is covered by St Helens Safeguarding Children Partnership. Its procedures, threshold guidance and training are published at https://sthelenssafeguarding.org.uk/.
How do I report a concern about a child in St. Helens?
If a child is in immediate danger, call 999. Otherwise the council's page for reporting a concern about a child is https://www.sthelens.gov.uk/article/3529/Concerned-about-a-child-s-safety-or-welfare. 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 St. Helens?
Across St. Helens, children's social care recorded child criminal exploitation, child sexual exploitation, gangs, going missing, trafficking, 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 St. Helens
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 (1)
Primary (54)
- Allanson Street Primary School
- Ashurst Primary School
- Billinge Chapel End Primary School
- Bleak Hill Primary School
- Broad Oak Community Primary School
- Carr Mill Primary School
- Corpus Christi Catholic Primary School
- Eaves Primary School
- Eccleston Lane Ends Primary School
- Eccleston Mere Primary School
- Garswood Primary and Nursery School
- Grange Valley Primary School
- Haydock English Martyrs' Primary School
- Holy Cross Catholic Primary School
- Holy Spirit Catholic Primary School
- Legh Vale Primary School
- Longton Lane Community Primary School
- Lyme Community Primary School
- Merton Bank Primary School
- Newton-le-Willows Primary School
- Nutgrove Methodist Primary School
- Oakdene Primary Academy
- Parish Church of England Primary School, St Helens
- Queen's Park CofE/Urc Primary School
- Rainford Brook Lodge Community Primary School
- Rainford CofE Primary School
- Rectory CofE Primary School
- Rivington Primary School
- Robins Lane Community Primary School
- Sherdley Primary School
- St Aidan's CofE Primary School Billinge
- St Ann's Church of England Primary School
- St Anne's Catholic Primary School
- St Austin's Catholic Primary School
- St Bartholomew's Catholic Primary School
- St James' Church of England Primary School
- St John Vianney Catholic Primary School
- St Julie's Catholic Primary School
- St Mary & St Thomas CofE Primary School
- St Mary's Catholic Infant Academy
- St Mary's Catholic Junior Academy
- St Mary's Catholic Primary School
- St Peter and St Paul Catholic Primary School
- St Peter's CofE Primary School
- St Teresa's Catholic Primary School, Devon Street
- St Theresa's Catholic Primary School
- St Thomas of Canterbury Catholic Primary School
- St. Mary's Blackbrook Catholic Primary School
- Sutton Manor Community Primary School
- Sutton Oak CofE Primary School
- Thatto Heath Community Primary School
- The District CofE Primary School
- Wargrave CofE Primary School
- Willow Tree Primary School
Secondary (9)
Sixth forms and colleges (2)
Other schools and colleges (14)
Colleges with a campus in St. Helens
College campuses in St. Helens, whichever authority their college is registered in. Each campus page reads the context against St. Helens, where the campus is.
Nurseries, pre-schools and clubs in St. Helens
54 registered nurseries, pre-schools and out-of-school clubs on non-domestic premises in St. Helens have their own pages, each describing the safeguarding context around the setting and the same authority figures as above. See every setting in St. Helens.