Make a referral about a child
In Redbridge this goes to the MASH (Children's Social Care) – Multi-Agency Referral Form (MARF) via online portal.
Phone: 020 8708 3885
Out of hours: 020 8708 5897
Local safeguarding contacts › Redbridge
Safeguarding contacts for schools in Redbridge
Where a designated safeguarding lead in Redbridge 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 Redbridge Safeguarding Children Partnership (RSCP)’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: 020 8708 5350
Email: Lado@redbridge.gov.uk
Threshold document
How Redbridge describes levels of need, from universal services to child protection. What a threshold document is
Threshold - Continuum of Need Matrix (London Safeguarding Children Procedures) (2026)
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