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We know that risk registers aren’t necessarily the most exciting or often used documents in schools so having a simple system to manage and present them is in our view essential! This module enables you to record risks clearly as well as your approach to managing them and associated control measures. Educational institutions and academy trusts operate in an increasingly complex regulatory, operational, and financial environment. From safeguarding and staffing to cybersecurity, capital estate management, and financial sustainability, maintaining an active, transparent risk register is both a statutory governance duty and a foundational safeguard for school leadership. The Risk Register module eliminates cumbersome spreadsheets and stagnant paperwork, providing headteachers, school business managers, governors, and trust executives with an intuitive, collaborative platform. Leaders can categorise risks across tailored operational areas, score initial and residual risks using standardised likelihood and impact matrices, establish clear ownership, classify response strategies using the proven 4Ts framework, and produce publication-ready A3 landscape PDF registers for board meetings and inspection dossiers.Features
- Pre- & Post-Treatment Risk Scoring: Evaluate likelihood and impact on objective 1–5 scales before and after treatment, automatically calculating composite risk levels ranging from Minimal through to High.
- Area Categorisation & Custom Grouping: Organise risks into clear, customisable categories (such as Governance & Strategy, Financial Sustainability, Premises & Safety, Curriculum & Staffing, and IT & Cyber Security) with drag-and-drop reordering.
- 4Ts Strategic Response Framework: Classify your management approach for each risk as Treat, Tolerate, Transfer, or Terminate. The most common approach is Treat, which is pre-selected by default.
- Control Measures & Mitigation Tracking: Record concrete control measures and evaluate residual risk levels to verify the real-world efficacy of ongoing mitigations.
- Governance Notes & Contextual Commentary: Record dedicated explanatory notes to assist governors, trustees, and auditors in interpreting risk trends, recent level adjustments, or newly identified hazards.
- A3 Landscape PDF Register Export: Instantly export a formatted, colour-coded A3 PDF register for governing body meetings, trust board scrutiny, and audit committees.
- Multi-Academy Trust (MAT) & Central Scope: Define whether risks are managed at the School, Central, School & central, or Unmanaged level, supporting trust-wide alignment alongside local accountability.
- Granular Role Delegation: Distribute responsibility across leadership teams with dedicated
Risk Register Manager,Risk Register Owner, andRisk Register Viewerroles. - Immutable Revision History: Automatically capture every change made to descriptions, controls, scores, ownership, and comments in a detailed, time-stamped audit log.
- Automated Email Reminders & Governance Alerts: Proactively prompt owners regarding unrated items, alert administrators if a manager role is unassigned, and flag ghost ownership when staff leave.
The Risk Register module is designed to assist maintained schools and academy trusts in meeting risk management requirements set out in the Academy Trust Handbook, DfE Governance Handbook, and standard public sector risk management frameworks.