Every duty your school carries, in one daily view
Your personal compliance PA. It knows your school and the framework it answers to, shows you what needs your attention and why, and keeps you current as the rules change. You decide; it keeps the record.
For Heads of independent schools, academies and maintained schools in England, and British international schools.
No card required. Full access for 21 days, then €1,140 a year (excl. VAT) if you stay. That is our launch price.
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.
Everything the school must do, in one place
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.
One home screen. Green, amber and red across the whole school, so a Head can see in seconds what needs attention today.
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.
Ask where the school stands, and why
KEN, the Knowledge and Evidence Navigator, is the Companion's assistant, included for every school. Ask KEN where the school stands, why something matters and what to do next. It reads your own records: statuses, dates, owners, training, governance and the calendar.
It 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.
Your policies, checked, corrected and written
Check a policy
Upload a statutory policy in one of the seven areas KEN covers and get a row-by-row report against the sourced requirements that apply to your school, citing the regulation each finding rests on.
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, KEN asks you how your school actually works, then drafts the policy around your answers, structured around the requirements that apply to your school.
Complaints standards are editorially approved; the other six policy areas use draft standards, so their findings are provisional. Every check and every draft is saved to your school's review history, with owner notes and sign-off. The published regulations remain authoritative and the judgement is always your school's.
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.
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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
One school, one annual invoice
Start with the 21-day trial: full access, no card. Your first invoice is issued only when you subscribe at the end of it.
excl. VAT, added where it applies
For the Head. One school, billed annually as a single invoice.
- 21-day free trial with full access, no card required
- KEN included: checks, redrafts and writes your statutory policies
- Subscribe before 31 August 2027 and you keep this launch price for as long as you stay subscribed
- Sign up with your school email; add colleagues only if you delegate duties to them
In plain terms: the 21-day trial is free and needs no card, and your first invoice of €1,140, plus VAT where it applies, is issued only when you subscribe at the end of the trial.
Start your free trialGuidance to verify against the source, not a guarantee of compliance.
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.
Read the data processing termsHow 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. KEN, the Companion's assistant, is included for every school. See the subscription terms for full details.
Guidance to verify against the source, not a guarantee of compliance.