Safeguarding context · Local authority
York: the safeguarding context
- 72 schools and colleges
- England
- City of York Safeguarding Children Partnership
Evidence of the local risks around every school and college in York, ready for your policy, your staff and your inspector.
What children's services, the health service and the police record across York, the local safeguarding arrangements, and the 72 open schools and colleges in the Department for Education register for York, 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 York
Across York, no harm outside the home stood out against England in what children's social care recorded at assessment.
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
York is covered by City of York Safeguarding Children Partnership.
- Report a concern about a childsaferchildrenyork.org.uk
- York threshold document (continuum of need)saferchildrenyork.org.uk
- Request early help in Yorksaferchildrenyork.org.uk
- Allegations against staff: the York designated officer (LADO)saferchildrenyork.org.uk
- Prevent referral route in Yorksaferchildrenyork.org.uk
- Family hubs in Yorkraiseyork.co.uk
- The partnership's procedures, guidance and trainingsaferchildrenyork.org.uk
If a child is in immediate danger, call 999. Links checked 1 November 2026.
What is recorded across York
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 York. The whole authority, never a school, college or setting.
| Measure | York | England | Compared |
|---|---|---|---|
| Children in need at 31 March | 329.4 per 10,000 children (1,145 children) | 330.3 | Similar |
| Children on child protection plans at 31 March | 36.3 per 10,000 children (126 children) | 40.6 | Lower |
| Child criminal exploitation | 0.9% of assessments | 3.2% | Lower |
| Child sexual exploitation | 0.7% of assessments | 2.4% | Lower |
| Gangs | not published | 1.7% | Not compared |
| Going missing | 1% of assessments | 3.3% | Lower |
| Trafficking | not published | 0.4% | Not compared |
| Sexual abuse by another child | 0.5% of assessments | 2.5% | Not compared |
| Physical abuse by another child | 0.4% of assessments | 3% | Not compared |
| Domestic abuse, the child as victim | 3.6% of assessments | 11.3% | Lower |
| Domestic abuse, a parent or carer as victim | 15.2% of assessments | 31.7% | Lower |
| Self-harm | 1.3% of assessments | 5% | Lower |
| The child's mental health | 4.3% of assessments | 17.6% | Lower |
| Drug misuse by the child | 1% of assessments | 4.8% | Lower |
| Alcohol misuse by the child | 0.8% of assessments | 2.1% | Lower |
| Socially unacceptable behaviour | 1.8% of assessments | 7% | Lower |
| Neglect | 6% of assessments | 17.6% | Lower |
| Emotional abuse | 9.4% of assessments | 19% | Lower |
Department for Education, Children in need, reporting year 2025.
Young people's health and youth justice
Published figures for York against England; higher or lower is the publisher's own significance test.
| Measure | Period | York | England | Compared |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hospital admissions for self-harm, ages 10 to 24 | 2023/24 | 178.3 per 100,000, age-standardised | 266.6 | Lower |
| Hospital admissions for violence, including sexual violence, all ages | 2022/23 - 24/25 | 31.5 per 100,000, age-standardised | 31.9 | Similar |
| First-time entrants to the youth justice system, ages 10 to 17 | 2025 | 164 per 100,000 aged 10 to 17 | 127.1 | Similar |
| Hospital admissions for substance misuse, ages 15 to 24 | 2022/23 - 24/25 | 18 per 100,000, age-standardised | 39 | Lower |
| Hospital admissions for alcohol-specific conditions, under 18 | 2021/22 - 23/24 | 29.9 per 100,000 under 18 | 22.6 | Similar |
| 16 and 17 year olds not in education, employment or training, or not known | 2025/26 | 3.3% of 16 and 17 year olds | 5.8% | Lower |
| Children under 16 in relative low income families | 2024/25 | 13.9% 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 North Yorkshire police force area, the force area the authority sits in.
| Measure | North Yorkshire | England and Wales | Compared |
|---|---|---|---|
| Domestic abuse-related incidents and crimes recorded by the police | 13.1 per 1,000 people | 21.8 | Lower |
| Domestic abuse-related crimes recorded by the police | 8.4 per 1,000 people | 13.2 | Lower |
| Cases discussed at multi-agency risk assessment conferences (MARACs) | 51.2 per 10,000 adult women | 50.2 | Similar |
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 York
Which safeguarding partnership covers York?
York is covered by City of York Safeguarding Children Partnership. Its procedures, threshold guidance and training are published at https://www.saferchildrenyork.org.uk.
How do I report a concern about a child in York?
If a child is in immediate danger, call 999. Otherwise the council's page for reporting a concern about a child is http://www.saferchildrenyork.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 York?
Across York, no harm outside the home stood out against England in what children's social care recorded at assessment. 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 York
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 (50)
- Acomb Primary School
- Archbishop of York's CofE Junior School, Bishopthorpe
- Badger Hill Primary Academy
- Bishopthorpe Infant School
- Burton Green Primary School
- Carr Infant School
- Carr Junior School
- Clifton Green Primary School
- Clifton With Rawcliffe Primary School
- Copmanthorpe Primary School
- Dringhouses Primary School
- Dunnington Church of England Primary School
- Elvington Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School
- Fishergate Primary School
- Haxby Road Primary Academy
- Headlands Primary School
- Hempland Primary School
- Heworth Church of England Primary School
- Hob Moor Community Primary Academy
- Huntington Primary Academy
- Knavesmire Primary School
- Lakeside Primary Academy
- Lord Deramore's Primary School
- Naburn Church of England Primary School
- New Earswick Primary School
- Osbaldwick Primary Academy
- Our Lady Queen of Martyrs Catholic Primary School - a Catholic Voluntary Academy
- Park Grove Primary Academy
- Poppleton Ousebank Primary School
- Poppleton Road Primary School
- Ralph Butterfield Primary School
- Robert Wilkinson Primary Academy
- Rufforth Primary School
- Saint Barnabas Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School
- Scarcroft Primary School
- Skelton Primary School
- St Aelred's Catholic Primary School - a Catholic Voluntary Academy
- St George's Catholic Primary School - a Catholic Voluntary Academy
- St Lawrence's Church of England Primary School
- St Mary's Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School
- St Oswald's Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School
- St Paul's Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School
- St Wilfrid's Catholic Primary School - a Catholic Voluntary Academy
- Stockton-on-the-Forest Primary School
- Tang Hall Primary Academy
- Westfield Primary Community School
- Wheldrake with Thorganby Church of England Primary School
- Wigginton Primary School
- Woodthorpe Primary School
- Yearsley Grove Primary School
Secondary (9)
Sixth forms and colleges (2)
Colleges with a campus in York
College campuses in York, whichever authority their college is registered in. Each campus page reads the context against York, where the campus is.
Nurseries, pre-schools and clubs in York
102 registered nurseries, pre-schools and out-of-school clubs on non-domestic premises in York have their own pages, each describing the safeguarding context around the setting and the same authority figures as above. See every setting in York.