Policy Review
Audit and redraft the policies your school actually depends on — academic, wellbeing, safeguarding, AI, and data.
Policies were written at different times by different people, and now contradict each other in practice.
Policy is where an institution's values meet operational reality. A coherent, current policy environment reduces risk, protects staff, and makes decisions faster; a fragmented one does the opposite — quietly, until it does not.
We inventory the policy environment, identify contradictions and gaps, benchmark against sector standards, and redraft the priority policies with the people who will actually apply them. AI, data, and safeguarding get particular attention — these are the policies most schools are currently under-served on.
Everything that makes the engagement land.
- Policy inventory and gap analysis
- Benchmarking against sector and jurisdictional standards
- Redrafting of priority policies with stakeholder input
- Governance review and approval flow
- Staff communication and training plan
- AI, data, and safeguarding policy focus (as required)
How the engagement unfolds.
Phasing is calibrated to your context — but this is the typical shape.
- 012 weeks
Audit
- Policy inventory
- Contradiction and gap map
- Benchmark scan
- 021 week
Prioritization
- Workshop with SLT and governance
- Prioritized redraft list
- Legal and regulatory checks
- 034–8 weeks
Redraft
- Redrafting cycles
- Stakeholder review
- Legal sign-off (where relevant)
- 042 weeks
Adoption
- Governance sign-off
- Staff briefing
- Publication and archiving
What you actually receive.
Every artifact is designed to be used by the people who need it — not to sit in a shared drive.
Policy audit report
A written audit covering coverage, coherence, currency, and jurisdictional alignment of the current policy set.
Redrafted priority policies
Fully redrafted versions of the highest-priority policies — typically 6–12 across academic, wellbeing, safeguarding, AI, and data.
Governance sign-off pack
A pack designed for board approval — with change logs, rationale, and Q&A.
Staff-facing summaries
Short summaries of each redrafted policy, written for the staff who apply it.
Review calendar
A rolling review calendar so policies stay current without another full audit.
A few of the artifacts partners have received.
Anonymized examples of the kind of work this engagement produces.
Policy coherence map
A visual map of how the school's policies relate — where they overlap, contradict, or leave gaps.
AI use policy (sample)
A short, staff-usable AI policy covering student use, teacher use, assessment integrity, and data handling.
Change log
A change log used for board approval — showing what changed, why, and what the risk was of not changing it.
Full samples are shared under NDA during discovery — never on the public site.
About policy review.
Do you provide legal advice?
No. We work alongside your legal counsel and jurisdictional standards, and coordinate legal review of the final drafts.
Can you focus on a single policy area?
Yes. Many engagements focus on AI, safeguarding, or data policy alone.
How do you keep policies from drifting again?
Every engagement ends with a rolling review calendar, owner assignments, and a governance rhythm for policy maintenance.
Do you handle multi-jurisdictional institutions?
Yes. We regularly work with international networks where policies must satisfy multiple regulatory environments.
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Book a discovery call about policy review.
Pick a 30-minute slot with a senior advisor, or send a short note and we'll respond within two working days.
- 30-minute discovery conversation, no cost or obligation.
- Confidential — details are never shared beyond the advisory team.
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