Make a referral about a child
In Reading this goes to the Children's Single Point of Access (CSPoA).
Phone: 0118 937 3641, Option 1
Out of hours: 01344 351 999
Local safeguarding contacts › Reading
Safeguarding contacts for schools in Reading
Where a designated safeguarding lead in Reading makes a referral, raises an allegation about a member of staff, and finds the local threshold document. Every link goes to the council’s or Berkshire West Safeguarding Children Partnership (shared with West Berkshire and Wokingham)’s own pages.
If a child is in immediate danger, call 999.
Allegations about staff: the LADO
For a concern that an adult working with children may have harmed a child or may pose a risk. When to contact the LADO
Phone: 0118 937 3659
Email: LADO@reading.gov.uk
Threshold document
How Reading describes levels of need, from universal services to child protection. What a threshold document is
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