Safeguarding context · Local authority
Telford and Wrekin: the safeguarding context
- 85 schools and colleges
- England
- Telford and Wrekin Safeguarding Partnership
Evidence of the local risks around every school and college in Telford and Wrekin, ready for your policy, your staff and your inspector.
What children's services, the health service and the police record across Telford and Wrekin, the local safeguarding arrangements, and the 85 open schools and colleges in the Department for Education register for Telford and Wrekin, 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 Telford and Wrekin
Across Telford and Wrekin, children's social care recorded child sexual exploitation and trafficking 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
Telford and Wrekin is covered by Telford and Wrekin Safeguarding Partnership.
- Report a concern about a childtelford.gov.uk
- Telford and Wrekin threshold document (continuum of need)familyconnecttelford.co.uk
- Request early help in Telford and Wrekinfamilyconnecttelford.co.uk
- Prevent referral route in Telford and Wrekintelford.gov.uk
- Family hubs in Telford and Wrekintelfordfamilyhubs.co.uk
- The partnership's procedures, guidance and trainingtelfordsafeguardingpartnership.org.uk
If a child is in immediate danger, call 999. Links checked 1 November 2026.
What is recorded across Telford and Wrekin
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 Telford and Wrekin. The whole authority, never a school, college or setting.
| Measure | Telford and Wrekin | England | Compared |
|---|---|---|---|
| Children in need at 31 March | 352.8 per 10,000 children (1,561 children) | 330.3 | Similar |
| Children on child protection plans at 31 March | 35.7 per 10,000 children (158 children) | 40.6 | Lower |
| Child criminal exploitation | 2.4% of assessments | 3.2% | Lower |
| Child sexual exploitation | 2.7% of assessments | 2.4% | Higher |
| Gangs | 1.4% of assessments | 1.7% | Lower |
| Going missing | 1.9% of assessments | 3.3% | Lower |
| Trafficking | 1.9% of assessments | 0.4% | Higher |
| Sexual abuse by another child | 1.4% of assessments | 2.5% | Lower |
| Physical abuse by another child | 1.3% of assessments | 3% | Lower |
| Domestic abuse, the child as victim | 10.4% of assessments | 11.3% | Similar |
| Domestic abuse, a parent or carer as victim | 37.5% of assessments | 31.7% | Higher |
| Self-harm | 4% of assessments | 5% | Lower |
| The child's mental health | 18.6% of assessments | 17.6% | Similar |
| Drug misuse by the child | 3.5% of assessments | 4.8% | Lower |
| Alcohol misuse by the child | 1.7% of assessments | 2.1% | Lower |
| Socially unacceptable behaviour | 4.8% of assessments | 7% | Lower |
| Neglect | 16.3% of assessments | 17.6% | Similar |
| Emotional abuse | 20.2% of assessments | 19% | Similar |
Department for Education, Children in need, reporting year 2025.
Young people's health and youth justice
Published figures for Telford and Wrekin against England; higher or lower is the publisher's own significance test.
| Measure | Period | Telford and Wrekin | England | Compared |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hospital admissions for self-harm, ages 10 to 24 | 2023/24 | 169.1 per 100,000, age-standardised | 266.6 | Lower |
| Hospital admissions for violence, including sexual violence, all ages | 2022/23 - 24/25 | 19.8 per 100,000, age-standardised | 31.9 | Lower |
| First-time entrants to the youth justice system, ages 10 to 17 | 2025 | 135.2 per 100,000 aged 10 to 17 | 127.1 | Similar |
| Hospital admissions for substance misuse, ages 15 to 24 | 2022/23 - 24/25 | 54.2 per 100,000, age-standardised | 39 | Similar |
| Hospital admissions for alcohol-specific conditions, under 18 | 2021/22 - 23/24 | 22.1 per 100,000 under 18 | 22.6 | Similar |
| 16 and 17 year olds not in education, employment or training, or not known | 2025/26 | 5% of 16 and 17 year olds | 5.8% | Lower |
| Children under 16 in relative low income families | 2024/25 | 24.8% 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 West Mercia police force area, the force area the authority sits in.
| Measure | West Mercia | England and Wales | Compared |
|---|---|---|---|
| Domestic abuse-related incidents and crimes recorded by the police | 18.8 per 1,000 people | 21.8 | Lower |
| Domestic abuse-related crimes recorded by the police | 11.2 per 1,000 people | 13.2 | Lower |
| Cases discussed at multi-agency risk assessment conferences (MARACs) | 28.3 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 Telford and Wrekin
Which safeguarding partnership covers Telford and Wrekin?
Telford and Wrekin is covered by Telford and Wrekin Safeguarding Partnership. Its procedures, threshold guidance and training are published at https://www.telfordsafeguardingpartnership.org.uk/.
How do I report a concern about a child in Telford and Wrekin?
If a child is in immediate danger, call 999. Otherwise the council's page for reporting a concern about a child is https://www.telford.gov.uk/children-and-young-people/safeguarding-children/. 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 Telford and Wrekin?
Across Telford and Wrekin, children's social care recorded child sexual exploitation and trafficking 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 Telford and Wrekin
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 (2)
Primary (56)
- Allscott Meads Primary Academy
- Apley Wood Primary Academy
- Aqueduct Primary Academy
- Captain Webb Primary School
- Church Aston Infant School
- Coalbrookdale and Ironbridge CofE Primary Academy
- Crudgington Primary School
- Dawley Church of England Primary Academy
- Donnington Wood CofE Voluntary Controlled Junior School
- Donnington Wood Infant School and Nursery Centre
- Dothill Primary School
- Grange Park Primary School
- Hadley Learning Community - Primary Phase
- High Ercall Primary School
- Hollinswood Primary School
- Holmer Lake Primary School
- John Fletcher of Madeley Primary School
- John Randall Primary School
- Ladygrove Primary School
- Lantern Academy
- Lawley Primary School and Nursery
- Lawley Village Academy
- Lightmoor Village Primary School
- Lilleshall Primary School
- Meadows Primary School and Nursery
- Millbrook Primary School and Nursery
- Moorfield Primary School
- Muxton Primary School
- Newdale Primary School & Nursery
- Newport Church of England Voluntary Controlled Junior School
- Newport Infant School and Nursery
- Old Park Primary School
- Priorslee Academy
- Randlay Primary Academy
- Redhill Primary Academy
- Short Wood Primary School
- Sir Alexander Fleming Primary School
- St George's Church of England Primary School
- St Lawrence Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School
- St Luke's Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy.
- St Mary's Catholic Primary School
- St Matthew's Church of England Aided Primary School and Nursery Centre
- St Patrick's Catholic Primary School
- St Peter and St Paul Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy
- St Peter's Bratton Church of England Academy
- St Peter's Church of England Controlled Primary School and Nursery
- Teagues Bridge Primary School
- Thomas Telford Primary Free School
- Tibberton Church of England Primary School
- William Reynolds Primary School and Nursery
- Windmill Primary School
- Wombridge Primary School
- Woodlands Primary School and Nursery
- Wrekin View Primary School
- Wrockwardine Wood Church of England Junior School
- Wrockwardine Wood Infant School and Nursery
Secondary (12)
Sixth forms and colleges (1)
Colleges and sixth forms with a campus in Telford and Wrekin
Colleges and sixth forms with a site in Telford and Wrekin, whichever authority their college is registered in. Each campus page reads the context against Telford and Wrekin, where the campus is.
Nurseries, pre-schools and clubs in Telford and Wrekin
63 registered nurseries, pre-schools and out-of-school clubs on non-domestic premises in Telford and Wrekin have their own pages, each describing the safeguarding context around the setting and the same authority figures as above. See every setting in Telford and Wrekin.