Risk management software for schools and academies

Keep school risks, controls and actions together

Schools and academy trusts need to understand risks to education and the people who depend on it. RiskMate gives staff and governors an online register for recording those risks, the controls already in place and the work still needed.

Use it to bring together strategic risks and the day-to-day concerns raised by departments or sites. Staff can update the risks they own, while leadership teams review significant changes before governor or trustee meetings.

Keep an education risk register that people can use

Set impact and likelihood definitions that make sense for your setting. Record existing controls, assess the remaining exposure and assign actions where further work is needed. Relevant areas might include:

• Safeguarding and the welfare of children and vulnerable adults,
• Attendance, retention and the quality of teaching,
• Staffing, premises and health and safety,
• Funding, budgets and service continuity, and
• Data security and the availability of essential systems.

Each setting will have different priorities. A nursery, college or university can use the same approach while defining its own categories, responsibilities and reporting structure.

Give governors a current view of risks and actions

RiskMate helps you report on significant risks, changes in ratings and overdue actions. Governors can use this information to question whether controls are working and agree where further attention is needed. The software supports this work; the quality of the review still depends on current records and informed judgement.

Explore the risk register and reporting features, or read our guidance on keeping risk management simple in schools and academies.

Request a demo to discuss your school, trust or wider education organisation and see how its registers and reports could work in RiskMate.