Safeguarding context · Local authority
Torbay: the safeguarding context
- 47 schools and colleges
- England
- Torbay Safeguarding Children Partnership
Evidence of the local risks around every school and college in Torbay, ready for your policy, your staff and your inspector.
What children's services, the health service and the police record across Torbay, the local safeguarding arrangements, and the 47 open schools and colleges in the Department for Education register for Torbay, 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 Torbay
Across Torbay, children's social care recorded child criminal exploitation, child sexual exploitation 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
Torbay is covered by Torbay Safeguarding Children Partnership.
- Report a concern about a childtorbaysafeguarding.org.uk
- Torbay threshold document (continuum of need)torbaysafeguarding.org.uk
- Request early help in Torbaytorbaysafeguarding.org.uk
- Allegations against staff: the Torbay designated officer (LADO)torbaysafeguarding.org.uk
- Prevent referral route in Torbaytorbaysafeguarding.org.uk
- Family hubs in Torbaytorbay.gov.uk
- The partnership's procedures, guidance and trainingtorbaysafeguarding.org.uk
If a child is in immediate danger, call 999. Links checked 1 November 2026.
What is recorded across Torbay
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 Torbay. The whole authority, never a school, college or setting.
| Measure | Torbay | England | Compared |
|---|---|---|---|
| Children in need at 31 March | 548.5 per 10,000 children (1,361 children) | 330.3 | Higher |
| Children on child protection plans at 31 March | 59.7 per 10,000 children (148 children) | 40.6 | Higher |
| Child criminal exploitation | 5% of assessments | 3.2% | Higher |
| Child sexual exploitation | 3.2% of assessments | 2.4% | Higher |
| Gangs | 0.5% of assessments | 1.7% | Not compared |
| Going missing | 3.3% of assessments | 3.3% | Similar |
| Trafficking | not published | 0.4% | Not compared |
| Sexual abuse by another child | 2.4% of assessments | 2.5% | Similar |
| Physical abuse by another child | 4% of assessments | 3% | Higher |
| Domestic abuse, the child as victim | 18.9% of assessments | 11.3% | Higher |
| Domestic abuse, a parent or carer as victim | 46% of assessments | 31.7% | Higher |
| Self-harm | 7% of assessments | 5% | Higher |
| The child's mental health | 24.7% of assessments | 17.6% | Higher |
| Drug misuse by the child | 5.7% of assessments | 4.8% | Higher |
| Alcohol misuse by the child | 3.3% of assessments | 2.1% | Higher |
| Socially unacceptable behaviour | 12.1% of assessments | 7% | Higher |
| Neglect | 27% of assessments | 17.6% | Higher |
| Emotional abuse | 26.9% of assessments | 19% | Higher |
Department for Education, Children in need, reporting year 2025.
Young people's health and youth justice
Published figures for Torbay against England; higher or lower is the publisher's own significance test.
| Measure | Period | Torbay | England | Compared |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hospital admissions for self-harm, ages 10 to 24 | 2023/24 | 602.3 per 100,000, age-standardised | 266.6 | Higher |
| Hospital admissions for violence, including sexual violence, all ages | 2022/23 - 24/25 | 43 per 100,000, age-standardised | 31.9 | Higher |
| First-time entrants to the youth justice system, ages 10 to 17 | 2025 | 144.9 per 100,000 aged 10 to 17 | 127.1 | Similar |
| Hospital admissions for substance misuse, ages 15 to 24 | 2022/23 - 24/25 | 42.8 per 100,000, age-standardised | 39 | Similar |
| Hospital admissions for alcohol-specific conditions, under 18 | 2021/22 - 23/24 | 49.3 per 100,000 under 18 | 22.6 | Higher |
| 16 and 17 year olds not in education, employment or training, or not known | 2025/26 | 5.2% of 16 and 17 year olds | 5.8% | Similar |
| Children under 16 in relative low income families | 2024/25 | 21% 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 Devon and Cornwall police force area, the force area the authority sits in.
| Measure | Devon and Cornwall | England and Wales | Compared |
|---|---|---|---|
| Domestic abuse-related incidents and crimes recorded by the police | 21.5 per 1,000 people | 21.8 | Similar |
| Domestic abuse-related crimes recorded by the police | 13.5 per 1,000 people | 13.2 | Similar |
| Cases discussed at multi-agency risk assessment conferences (MARACs) | 27 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 Torbay
Which safeguarding partnership covers Torbay?
Torbay is covered by Torbay Safeguarding Children Partnership. Its procedures, threshold guidance and training are published at https://www.torbaysafeguarding.org.uk/.
How do I report a concern about a child in Torbay?
If a child is in immediate danger, call 999. Otherwise the council's page for reporting a concern about a child is http://www.torbaysafeguarding.org.uk/. 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 Torbay?
Across Torbay, children's social care recorded child criminal exploitation, child sexual exploitation 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 Torbay
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 (31)
- All Saints Babbacombe CofE Primary School
- Brixham Church of England Primary School
- Cockington Primary School
- Collaton St Mary Church of England Primary School
- Curledge Street Academy
- Eden Park Primary & Nursery School
- Ellacombe Church of England Academy
- Furzeham Primary School
- Galmpton Church of England Primary School
- Hayes School
- Homelands Primary School
- Ilsham Church of England Academy
- Kings Ash Academy
- Lift Barton Hill
- Oldway Primary School
- Our Lady of the Angels Catholic Primary School
- Preston Primary School
- Priory Roman Catholic Primary School, Torquay
- Roselands Primary School
- Sacred Heart Catholic School
- Sherwell Valley Primary School
- Shiphay Learning Academy
- St Margaret Clitherow Catholic Primary School
- St Margaret's Academy
- St Marychurch Church of England Primary and Nursery School
- St Michael's Church of England Academy
- Torre Church of England Academy
- Upton St James CofE Primary School
- Warberry CofE Academy
- Watcombe Primary School
- White Rock Primary School
Secondary (8)
Sixth forms and colleges (1)
Other schools and colleges (7)
Colleges with a campus in Torbay
College campuses in Torbay, whichever authority their college is registered in. Each campus page reads the context against Torbay, where the campus is.
Nurseries, pre-schools and clubs in Torbay
40 registered nurseries, pre-schools and out-of-school clubs on non-domestic premises in Torbay have their own pages, each describing the safeguarding context around the setting and the same authority figures as above. See every setting in Torbay.