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The Head's Companion

School compliance and inspection readiness

Your personal compliance PA. It knows your school and the framework it answers to, keeps track of everything the school must do, walks you through what needs your attention and why, and keeps you current as the rules change. You decide; it keeps the record and shows you what still needs doing.

For Heads of independent schools, academies and maintained schools in England, and British international schools. Your school's data is entered by the school. The Companion is not designed for pupil records or safeguarding case material, and schools must not enter them.

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No card required. Full access for 21 days, then €1,140 a year (excl. VAT) if you stay. That is our launch price.

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What you get

Every view answers the same question: is the school on top of everything it must do?

Standards register

Every statutory duty your school carries, in one live register built on the Independent School Standards, the statutory duties of maintained schools, the Ofsted inspection toolkits, the Standards for British Schools Overseas and KCSIE, each with its status and owner.

Training tracker

Safeguarding and mandatory staff training in one view, so a lapse shows early and renewal dates stay in view.

Policies and publication

The statutory policies your school must hold and publish, tracked with review dates, so your website and files stand up to scrutiny.

Governance records

Minutes, registers and governance documents kept in order and in one place, ready for the day someone asks to see them.

Readiness self-evaluation

A structured self-evaluation across the areas inspectors focus on, so you know where you stand before they tell you.

The regulatory horizon

Statutory and guidance changes tracked for you and shown before they become compulsory, then folded into the register, so a change is in view before it binds.

Documents where you need them

Attach each policy or piece of evidence to the duty it satisfies, and print a clean evidence folder when someone asks to see it.

The daily RAG view

One home screen. Green, amber and red across the whole school, so a Head can see in seconds what needs attention today.

Your policies, checked, corrected and written

Included for every school. The Companion's assistant works from sourced requirements, drawn from the regulations and statutory guidance themselves; where your record is incomplete, it asks, or marks the gap plainly for you to confirm.

Check a policy

Upload a statutory policy in one of the seven areas the assistant covers and get a row-by-row report against the sourced requirements that apply to your school, citing the regulation each finding rests on. Complaints standards are editorially approved; the other six policy areas use draft standards, so their findings are provisional.

Redraft a policy

A policy that has fallen behind comes back as a corrected redraft: what already meets the standards is kept in your school's own voice, what does not is fixed, what is missing is added.

Write a new policy

Starting from nothing, the assistant asks you how your school actually works, then drafts the policy around your answers, structured around the requirements that apply to your school.

Every check and every draft is saved to your school's review history, with owner notes and sign-off, so there is an audit trail of what was checked, what was found and who closed it. Included in the subscription; the published regulations remain authoritative and the judgement is always your school's.

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A one-off pack with the policy templates and implementation tools to adapt, approve and publish a defensible AI acceptable-use policy. No subscription needed.

England Independent Edition

For independent schools in England

€97

excl. VAT

England Maintained & Academies Edition

For maintained schools, academies, and trusts in England

€97

excl. VAT

EU & EEA Edition

For IB and international schools in the EU and EEA

€147

excl. VAT

International Edition

For international and IB schools outside the EU and EEA

€147

excl. VAT

Built by Heads, for Heads

The Head's Companion is a Sophyra Limited product, built by current and former Heads of School who have carried everything this dashboard holds: the standards, the training records, the statutory policies and the inspection cycles. Meet the team behind it at Education Options.

New to headship, or preparing for an inspection? The team behind The Head's Companion also advises schools directly: inspection readiness, policy audits, and mentoring for Heads.

Questions about The Head's Companion

What does The Head's Companion help a school manage?

The Head's Companion brings statutory duties, responsible staff, policies, training records and supporting evidence into a school compliance dashboard. It helps school leaders see what needs attention and maintain records for governance and inspection preparation.

Which schools is it for?

The Head's Companion is for independent schools, academies and maintained schools in England, and British international schools. The register is organised around the requirements relevant to the school's profile.

Is it designed for pupil records?

The Head's Companion is not designed for pupil records or safeguarding case material, and schools must not enter them. If an uploaded document contains pupil personal data, it is processed as part of that document under the data processing terms and deleted with it.

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How does the free trial work?

Sign up with your school email for a 21-day trial with no card required. If you choose to subscribe, the launch price is €1,140 per school (excl. VAT), billed annually. The Companion's assistant is included for every school. See the subscription terms for full details.

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Guidance to verify against the source, not a guarantee of compliance.