Get to know our systems

Try the exercises below to get to know our systems. You can use the demo system, but you are also welcome to start a free 28-day trial account to play with!

Risk Assessment - 101

  • Approve one of the risk assessments
  • Confirm that you have read an approved assessment
  • View who else has confirmed the risk assessment
  • Print out the risk assessment

Risk Assessment - Developing

  • Add a risk assessment for a child boiling a kettle!
  • Add a "Scalds" hazard to it with high likelihood
  • Add some control measures
  • Revise the likelihood and/or severity of the hazard

Risk Assessment - Extending

  • Add a dated action for someone to a risk assessment for next week
  • Re-order the risk/hazards in one of the risk assessments
  • Email the owner or approver of the risk assessment
  • Write a "proper" risk assessment for a school activity

Improvement Projects - 101

  • Update one of the success criteria to be partially met and add some notes
  • Edit one of the action points on an initiative and change the date to next week
  • Mark the action as complete
  • Add a new action point and assign it to someone else

Improvement Projects - Developing

  • Update the termly review on an initiative with some brief text
  • Print the initiative
  • Add a new initiative to one of the areas
  • Add a success criterion and some actions

Improvement Projects - Extending

  • Add a new area to the development plan
  • Add some context and targets
  • Mark some targets as fully or partially met
  • Clone the development plan

Ofsted Self Evaluation - 101

  • Change the rating on the Quality of Education section
  • Edit the text in the summary or other boxes, add some bullet points
  • Edit the status and additional text for one or more criteria
  • Print out the Quality of Education section

Ofsted Self Evaluation - Developing

  • Add a context box describing the student population
  • Add some previous inspection priorities. Copy and paste from a real Ofsted report
  • Change the owner of a section
  • Email the owner of a section with some feedback

Ofsted Self Evaluation - Extending

  • Use "Manage" to archive or restore the Early Years section
  • Print the whole report with everything, then omitting some details
  • Use "Manage" to add a new item to an area or re-order the items
  • Use "Manage" to create a new SEF area

Section 48 Self Evaluation - 101

  • Change the rating on the Vision and Leadership section
  • Edit the text in the summary or other boxes, add some bullet points
  • Edit the status and additional text for one or more criteria
  • Print out the Vision and Leadership section

Section 48 Self Evaluation - Developing

  • Add a context box describing the school's ethos
  • Add some previous inspection priorities. Copy and paste from a real SIAMS report
  • Change the owner of a section
  • Email the owner of a section with some feedback

Section 48 Self Evaluation - Extending

  • Print the whole report with everything, then omitting some details
  • Print the inspection report version - aiming for 2 sides maximum
  • Use "Manage" to re-order the items
  • Email us some feedback!

Safety Audit - 101

  • CLick on the "General" area to view the status of its items
  • Edit some of the items and un-tick them - add comments
  • Re-confirm them as checked - note how the due date and status update
  • Print out the section

Safety Audit - Developing

  • Use the search box to narrow down the areas on display
  • Change the number of items per page to see all of the areas
  • Change the owner of some areas and cascade to the items for some
  • Filter the list by area owner

Safety Audit - Extending

  • Use "Review Safety Items" to see all items and their status
  • Filter the list by status
  • Search the list with the search box
  • Email one of the owners about the item

Safeguarding Audit - 101

  • CLick on the "Safeguarding Governance" area to view the status of its items
  • Edit some of the items and un-tick them - add comments
  • Re-confirm them as checked - note how the due date and status update
  • Print out the section

Safeguarding Audit - Developing

  • Use the search box to narrow down the areas on display
  • Change the number of items per page to see all of the areas
  • Change the owner of some areas and cascade to the items for some
  • Filter the list by area owner

Safeguarding Audit - Extending

  • Use "Review Safeguarding Items" to see all items and their status
  • Filter the list by status
  • Search the list with the search box
  • Email one of the owners about the item

Compliance Audit - 101

  • CLick on the "School Website" area to view the status of its items
  • Edit some of the items and un-tick them - add comments
  • Re-confirm them as checked - note how the due date and status update
  • Print out the section

Compliance Audit - Developing

  • Use the search box to narrow down the areas on display
  • Change the number of items per page to see all of the areas
  • Change the owner of some areas and cascade to the items for some
  • Filter the list by area owner

Compliance Audit - Extending

  • Use "Review Compliance Items" to see all items and their status
  • Filter the list by status
  • Search the list with the search box
  • Email one of the owners about the item

School Calendars

  • This module is great...
  • ... but it is fiddly!
  • Have a play
  • Email us your thoughts

Student Enrolment

  • Create a new enrolment for yourself
  • "Login as" and fill in the form
  • Print the completed PDF
  • Unlock the form and change some data

Sixth Form Applications

  • Visit the application page and create a new application
  • Complete and submit it
  • Explore the admin options
  • Use the "manage" facility to add alternative course choices