Safeguarding context · Local authority
Thurrock: the safeguarding context
- 58 schools and colleges
- England
- Thurrock Local Safeguarding Children Partnership
Evidence of the local risks around every school and college in Thurrock, ready for your policy, your staff and your inspector.
What children's services, the health service and the police record across Thurrock, the local safeguarding arrangements, and the 58 open schools and colleges in the Department for Education register for Thurrock, 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 Thurrock
Across Thurrock, children's social care recorded child criminal exploitation, gangs, 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
Thurrock is covered by Thurrock Local Safeguarding Children Partnership.
- Report a concern about a childthurrock.gov.uk
- Thurrock threshold document (continuum of need)thurrocklscp.org.uk
- Request early help in Thurrockthurrock.gov.uk
- Allegations against staff: the Thurrock designated officer (LADO)thurrocklscp.org.uk
- Prevent referral route in Thurrockthurrock.gov.uk
- Family hubs in Thurrockthurrock.gov.uk
- The partnership's procedures, guidance and trainingthurrocklscp.org.uk
If a child is in immediate danger, call 999. Links checked 1 November 2026.
What is recorded across Thurrock
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 Thurrock. The whole authority, never a school, college or setting.
| Measure | Thurrock | England | Compared |
|---|---|---|---|
| Children in need at 31 March | 303.4 per 10,000 children (1,404 children) | 330.3 | Similar |
| Children on child protection plans at 31 March | 26.2 per 10,000 children (121 children) | 40.6 | Lower |
| Child criminal exploitation | 3.9% of assessments | 3.2% | Higher |
| Child sexual exploitation | 1.9% of assessments | 2.4% | Lower |
| Gangs | 2.2% of assessments | 1.7% | Higher |
| Going missing | 3.2% of assessments | 3.3% | Similar |
| Trafficking | 0.4% of assessments | 0.4% | Not compared |
| Sexual abuse by another child | 2.9% of assessments | 2.5% | Higher |
| Physical abuse by another child | 4% of assessments | 3% | Higher |
| Domestic abuse, the child as victim | 8.9% of assessments | 11.3% | Lower |
| Domestic abuse, a parent or carer as victim | 21.9% of assessments | 31.7% | Lower |
| Self-harm | 5.5% of assessments | 5% | Higher |
| The child's mental health | 15.4% of assessments | 17.6% | Lower |
| Drug misuse by the child | 4.3% of assessments | 4.8% | Lower |
| Alcohol misuse by the child | 1.5% of assessments | 2.1% | Lower |
| Socially unacceptable behaviour | 7.5% of assessments | 7% | Similar |
| Neglect | 23.7% of assessments | 17.6% | Higher |
| Emotional abuse | 21.6% of assessments | 19% | Higher |
Department for Education, Children in need, reporting year 2025.
Young people's health and youth justice
Published figures for Thurrock against England; higher or lower is the publisher's own significance test.
| Measure | Period | Thurrock | England | Compared |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hospital admissions for self-harm, ages 10 to 24 | 2023/24 | 117.6 per 100,000, age-standardised | 266.6 | Lower |
| Hospital admissions for violence, including sexual violence, all ages | 2022/23 - 24/25 | 41.5 per 100,000, age-standardised | 31.9 | Higher |
| First-time entrants to the youth justice system, ages 10 to 17 | 2025 | 169.7 per 100,000 aged 10 to 17 | 127.1 | Similar |
| Hospital admissions for substance misuse, ages 15 to 24 | 2022/23 - 24/25 | 22.1 per 100,000, age-standardised | 39 | Lower |
| Hospital admissions for alcohol-specific conditions, under 18 | 2021/22 - 23/24 | 14.2 per 100,000 under 18 | 22.6 | Lower |
| 16 and 17 year olds not in education, employment or training, or not known | 2025/26 | 3.8% of 16 and 17 year olds | 5.8% | Lower |
| Children under 16 in relative low income families | 2024/25 | 18.4% 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 Essex police force area, the force area the authority sits in.
| Measure | Essex | England and Wales | Compared |
|---|---|---|---|
| Domestic abuse-related incidents and crimes recorded by the police | 17.9 per 1,000 people | 21.8 | Lower |
| Domestic abuse-related crimes recorded by the police | 12.6 per 1,000 people | 13.2 | Similar |
| Cases discussed at multi-agency risk assessment conferences (MARACs) | 27.8 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 Thurrock
Which safeguarding partnership covers Thurrock?
Thurrock is covered by Thurrock Local Safeguarding Children Partnership. Its procedures, threshold guidance and training are published at https://www.thurrocklscp.org.uk/.
How do I report a concern about a child in Thurrock?
If a child is in immediate danger, call 999. Otherwise the council's page for reporting a concern about a child is https://www.thurrock.gov.uk/reporting-child-abuse/what-to-do-if-youre-worried-about-child. 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 Thurrock?
Across Thurrock, children's social care recorded child criminal exploitation, gangs, 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 Thurrock
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 (39)
- Abbots Hall Primary School
- Arthur Bugler Primary School
- Aveley Primary School
- Belmont Castle Academy
- Benyon Primary School
- Bonnygate Primary School
- Bulphan Church of England Academy
- Chadwell St Mary Primary School
- Deneholm Primary School
- Dilkes Academy
- East Tilbury Primary School
- Giffards Primary School
- Graham James Primary Academy
- Harris Primary Academy Chafford Hundred
- Harris Primary Academy Mayflower
- Herringham Primary Academy
- Holy Cross Catholic Primary School
- Horndon-On-the-Hill CofE Primary School
- Kenningtons Primary Academy
- Lansdowne Primary Academy
- Little Thurrock Primary School
- Mossbourne Herd Lane Academy
- Orsett Church of England Primary School
- Purfleet Primary Academy
- Quarry Hill Academy
- Shaw Primary Academy
- Somers Heath Primary School
- St Joseph's Catholic Primary School
- St Mary's Catholic Primary School
- St Thomas of Canterbury Catholic Primary School
- Stanford-Le-Hope Primary School
- Stifford Clays Primary School
- Thameside Primary School
- The Gateway Primary Free School
- Tilbury Pioneer Academy
- Tudor Court Primary School
- Warren Primary School
- West Thurrock Academy
- Woodside Academy
Secondary (13)
- Grays Convent High School
- Harris Academy Chafford Hundred
- Harris Academy Ockendon
- Harris Academy Riverside
- Mossbourne Fobbing Academy
- Mossbourne Port Side Academy
- Orsett Heath Academy
- Park Academy
- St Clere's School
- Thames Park Secondary School
- The Gateway Academy
- The Hathaway Academy
- William Edwards School
Other schools and colleges (6)
Colleges with a campus in Thurrock
College campuses in Thurrock, whichever authority their college is registered in. Each campus page reads the context against Thurrock, where the campus is.
Nurseries, pre-schools and clubs in Thurrock
77 registered nurseries, pre-schools and out-of-school clubs on non-domestic premises in Thurrock have their own pages, each describing the safeguarding context around the setting and the same authority figures as above. See every setting in Thurrock.