Safeguarding context · Local authority
Swindon: the safeguarding context
- 92 schools and colleges
- England
- Swindon Safeguarding Partnership
Evidence of the local risks around every school and college in Swindon, ready for your policy, your staff and your inspector.
What children's services, the health service and the police record across Swindon, the local safeguarding arrangements, and the 92 open schools and colleges in the Department for Education register for Swindon, 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 Swindon
Across Swindon, children's social care recorded gangs 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
Swindon is covered by Swindon Safeguarding Partnership.
- Report a concern about a childswindon.gov.uk
- Swindon threshold document (continuum of need)safeguardingpartnership.swindon.gov.uk
- Request early help in Swindonsafeguardingpartnership.swindon.gov.uk
- Allegations against staff: the Swindon designated officer (LADO)safeguardingpartnership.swindon.gov.uk
- Prevent referral route in Swindonsafeguardingpartnership.swindon.gov.uk
- Family hubs in Swindonletstalk.swindon.gov.uk
- The partnership's procedures, guidance and trainingsafeguardingpartnership.swindon.gov.uk
If a child is in immediate danger, call 999. Links checked 1 November 2026.
What is recorded across Swindon
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 Swindon. The whole authority, never a school, college or setting.
| Measure | Swindon | England | Compared |
|---|---|---|---|
| Children in need at 31 March | 313.2 per 10,000 children (1,699 children) | 330.3 | Similar |
| Children on child protection plans at 31 March | 33.4 per 10,000 children (181 children) | 40.6 | Lower |
| Child criminal exploitation | 0% of assessments | 3.2% | Not compared |
| Child sexual exploitation | 1.1% of assessments | 2.4% | Lower |
| Gangs | 3.3% of assessments | 1.7% | Higher |
| Going missing | 0.9% of assessments | 3.3% | Lower |
| Trafficking | not published | 0.4% | Not compared |
| Sexual abuse by another child | 2.3% of assessments | 2.5% | Similar |
| Physical abuse by another child | 1.3% of assessments | 3% | Lower |
| Domestic abuse, the child as victim | 6.5% of assessments | 11.3% | Lower |
| Domestic abuse, a parent or carer as victim | 9.3% of assessments | 31.7% | Lower |
| Self-harm | 0.6% of assessments | 5% | Lower |
| The child's mental health | 8.8% of assessments | 17.6% | Lower |
| Drug misuse by the child | 1.7% of assessments | 4.8% | Lower |
| Alcohol misuse by the child | not published | 2.1% | Not compared |
| Socially unacceptable behaviour | 3.7% of assessments | 7% | Lower |
| Neglect | 11.5% of assessments | 17.6% | Lower |
| Emotional abuse | 4.4% of assessments | 19% | Lower |
Department for Education, Children in need, reporting year 2025.
Young people's health and youth justice
Published figures for Swindon against England; higher or lower is the publisher's own significance test.
| Measure | Period | Swindon | England | Compared |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hospital admissions for self-harm, ages 10 to 24 | 2023/24 | 681.4 per 100,000, age-standardised | 266.6 | Higher |
| Hospital admissions for violence, including sexual violence, all ages | 2022/23 - 24/25 | 17.4 per 100,000, age-standardised | 31.9 | Lower |
| First-time entrants to the youth justice system, ages 10 to 17 | 2025 | 71.1 per 100,000 aged 10 to 17 | 127.1 | Lower |
| Hospital admissions for substance misuse, ages 15 to 24 | 2022/23 - 24/25 | 95.4 per 100,000, age-standardised | 39 | Higher |
| Hospital admissions for alcohol-specific conditions, under 18 | 2021/22 - 23/24 | 40.3 per 100,000 under 18 | 22.6 | Higher |
| 16 and 17 year olds not in education, employment or training, or not known | 2025/26 | 7.2% of 16 and 17 year olds | 5.8% | Higher |
| Children under 16 in relative low income families | 2024/25 | 16% 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 Wiltshire police force area, the force area the authority sits in.
| Measure | Wiltshire | England and Wales | Compared |
|---|---|---|---|
| Domestic abuse-related incidents and crimes recorded by the police | 15.6 per 1,000 people | 21.8 | Lower |
| Domestic abuse-related crimes recorded by the police | 9 per 1,000 people | 13.2 | Lower |
| Cases discussed at multi-agency risk assessment conferences (MARACs) | 39.7 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 Swindon
Which safeguarding partnership covers Swindon?
Swindon is covered by Swindon Safeguarding Partnership. Its procedures, threshold guidance and training are published at https://safeguardingpartnership.swindon.gov.uk.
How do I report a concern about a child in Swindon?
If a child is in immediate danger, call 999. Otherwise the council's page for reporting a concern about a child is http://www.swindon.gov.uk/info/20043/child_protection/43/contact_social_services. 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 Swindon?
Across Swindon, children's social care recorded gangs 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 Swindon
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 (66)
- Abbey Farm Educate Together Primary
- Abbey Meads Community Primary School
- Badbury Park Primary School
- Beechcroft Infant School
- Bishopstone Church of England Primary School
- Bridlewood Primary School
- Brook Field Primary School
- Catherine Wayte Primary School
- Chiseldon Primary & Nursery School
- Colebrook Infant Academy
- Colebrook Junior School
- Covingham Park Primary School
- Drove Primary School
- Eastrop Infant School
- Eldene Nursery and Primary School
- Even Swindon Primary School
- Ferndale Primary School & Nursery
- Goddard Park Community Primary School
- Gorse Hill Primary School
- Grange Infants' School
- Grange Junior School
- Greenmeadow Primary School
- Haydon Wick Primary School
- Haydonleigh Primary School
- Holy Cross Catholic Primary School
- Holy Family Catholic Primary School
- Holy Rood Catholic Primary School
- King William Street Church of England Primary School
- Kingfisher CE Academy
- Lainesmead Primary School and Nursery
- Lawn Primary and Nursery School
- Lethbridge Primary School
- Liden Academy
- Lift East Wichel
- Lift Hazelwood
- Millbrook Primary School
- Moredon Primary School
- Mountford Manor Primary School
- Nythe Primary School
- Oakhurst Community Primary School
- Oaktree Nursery and Primary School
- Oliver Tomkins Church of England Infant and Nursery School
- Oliver Tomkins Church of England Junior School
- Orchid Vale Primary School
- Peatmoor Community Primary School
- Red Oaks Primary School
- Robert Le Kyng Primary School
- Rodbourne Cheney Primary School
- Ruskin Junior School
- Seven Fields Primary School
- Shaw Ridge Primary School
- South Marston Church of England Primary School
- Southfield Junior School
- St Catherine's Catholic Primary School, Swindon
- St Francis CofE Primary School
- St Leonard's Church of England Primary Academy
- St Mary's Catholic Primary School
- Tadpole Farm CofE Primary Academy
- The Croft Primary School
- Tregoze Primary School
- Wanborough Primary School
- Westlea Primary School
- Westrop Primary & Nursery School
- William Morris Primary School
- Wroughton Infant School
- Wroughton Junior School
Secondary (13)
All-through (1)
Sixth forms and colleges (1)
Colleges with a campus in Swindon
College campuses in Swindon, whichever authority their college is registered in. Each campus page reads the context against Swindon, where the campus is.
Nurseries, pre-schools and clubs in Swindon
104 registered nurseries, pre-schools and out-of-school clubs on non-domestic premises in Swindon have their own pages, each describing the safeguarding context around the setting and the same authority figures as above. See every setting in Swindon.