- Governor Oversight
- Meetings
- Policies
- Strategic Goals
- Improvement Plans
- Actions
- Evidence
Governance Dashboard
Bring relevant school-level information into one authorised view.
Meetings
Keep governance activity organised.
Agendas
Structure the issues that require discussion or decision.
Documents
Make approved governance material available.
Actions
Track what was agreed and who is responsible.
Compliance Oversight
Connect appropriate compliance information.
Improvement
Keep strategic priorities and progress visible.
Governance access should support oversight without automatically granting access to confidential operational, safeguarding, SEND, medical or HR detail.
Relevant Documents
Access material approved for governance use.
Meeting Information
See appropriate meetings and agendas.
Actions
Review actions connected to the governor’s responsibilities.
Improvement Priorities
Understand the strategic areas the school is working on.
Compliance Context
See approved compliance oversight information.
Evidence
Access suitable supporting records where required.
Current Information
Use the current approved version rather than relying on outdated email attachments.
Governor access should remain role-scoped and purpose-specific. A governor relationship does not automatically provide unrestricted access to individual learner or staff records.
Meeting
Maintain the relevant governance meeting record.
Agenda
Define the matters requiring discussion.
Documents
Connect appropriate supporting material.
Participants
Keep authorised meeting context clear.
Decisions
Record appropriate agreed outcomes.
Actions
Turn decisions into accountable next steps.
Owners
Identify who is responsible.
Deadlines
Keep follow-up time-aware.
Evidence
Connect later information showing what happened.
History
Preserve appropriate earlier governance activity.
The meeting provides the decision context. The action workflow helps make sure agreed work does not disappear into the minutes.
Agenda Items
Organise the subjects requiring attention.
Supporting Documents
Attach or reference appropriate school information.
Policies
Bring relevant policy versions into discussion.
Compliance Evidence
Reference appropriate readiness or risk information.
Improvement Evidence
Connect information relating to current strategic priorities.
Meeting Context
Keep documents linked to the activity they supported.
Permissions
Restrict sensitive material to the authorised audience.
Current Version
Help users distinguish approved current information from older material.
A governance document should remain connected to its source and version rather than becoming another disconnected copy.
Action
Record what has been agreed.
Owner
Identify the responsible person.Define the matters requiring discussion.
Due Date
Keep the expected completion date visible.
Status
Distinguish outstanding and completed work.
Evidence
Connect appropriate supporting information.
Follow-Up
Return unresolved work to the relevant governance context.
Decision History
Keep the action connected to why it was created.
Completion
Record the school-held outcome.
Completing an action records the operational follow-up. It does not itself prove that the underlying strategic or compliance issue has been resolved.
Strategic Goal
Describe the intended direction.
Starting Position
Maintain relevant baseline context.
Intended Outcome
Clarify what the school is trying to improve.
Owner
Identify accountable leadership.
Actions
Connect the work intended to move the priority forward.
Evidence
Reference appropriate source information.
Review Date
Set a clear point for reconsideration.
Current Position
Maintain the school’s reviewed status.
History
Preserve earlier reviews and changes.
Strategic goals should support disciplined review rather than creating artificial certainty about future outcomes.
Improvement Priority
Define the area being addressed.
Rationale
Record the school-held reason for prioritising it.
Baseline
Connect relevant starting evidence.
Intended Outcome
Describe the change the school wants to see.
Actions
Break the priority into accountable work.
Owners
Make responsibility explicit.
Milestones
Use appropriate dates or review points.
Evidence
Connect suitable indicators or source records.
Review
Consider the current position.
Next Step
Continue, adjust or complete the activity through authorised leadership review.
EdiWay supports the structure around school improvement. It does not decide which improvement priority the school should adopt.
Curriculum and Teaching
Use appropriate approved evidence.
Assessment
Connect relevant school-held progress information.
Attendance
Review suitable attendance context.
SEND
Use authorised learner-support evidence at the appropriate level.
Safeguarding
Use only permitted safeguarding oversight information.
Workforce
Connect relevant staffing and development context.
Compliance
Use appropriate compliance and readiness information.
Improvement
Relate evidence to current school priorities.
Leadership Commentary
Record the school’s own considered evaluation.
Evidence can support self-evaluation. The platform should not automatically generate a definitive judgement about school quality from operational metrics.
1. Review the Evidence
Record the school-held compliance activity or risk being managed.
2. Record the Current Position
Document the authorised leadership view.
3. Identify a Priority
Define what needs attention.
4. Set an Outcome
Describe what improvement should look like.
5. Assign Actions
Make the work accountable.
6. Gather Evidence
Use appropriate source information over time.
7. Review Progress
Consider what has changed and what remains unresolved.
8. Update the Plan
Record the authorised next step.
Policy
Maintain the school policy record.
Current Version
Make the approved current document clear.
Earlier Versions
Preserve appropriate historical context.
Owner
Identify responsibility for the policy.
Review Date
Keep the next review point visible.
Approval
Maintain the appropriate school approval context.
Staff Access
Make current approved policies available to relevant staff.
Related Governance
Connect a policy to appropriate meetings or actions.
Evidence
Maintain suitable supporting information.
The library helps schools govern their policy records. The school remains responsible for the legal and professional suitability of the policy itself.
Draft Version
Prepare proposed changes.
Review
Allow authorised people to consider the draft.
Approval
Record the appropriate school-held approval.
Effective Version
Identify the policy currently in use.
Review Date
Maintain the next expected review.
Superseded Version
Keep earlier versions distinguishable from current policy.
Change History
Preserve appropriate context around updates.
Staff Visibility
Make the correct approved version available.
Version control helps answer an important governance question: Which policy applied at this point in time?
Draft
Create or upload the proposed version.
Responsible Owner
Identify who manages the policy.
Review
Provide the appropriate authorised review.
Governance Context
Connect the policy to a relevant meeting where required.
Approval
Record the school-held approval decision.
Effective Date
Make the approved period clear.
Publication
Make the authorised version available to the intended audience.
Next Review
Schedule future reconsideration.
EdiWay records the configured approval workflow. It does not determine whether a governing board, headteacher, trust or another body is legally responsible for approving a particular policy. The school must define the correct approval route.
Upcoming Reviews
See policies approaching review.
Overdue Reviews
Identify policies that have passed the configured date.
Owner
Make responsibility clear.
Draft Update
Begin a revised version without destroying the current record.
Governance Review
Connect the update to the appropriate approval context.
Completion
Record when the review process is complete.
Next Date
Set the future review point.
A review reminder indicates that a policy requires attention. It does not determine that the existing policy has become legally invalid.
Current Policy
Present the approved current version.
Relevant Audience
Control access according to school context.
Search and Organisation
Help staff locate appropriate material.
Effective Information
Make version and review context understandable.
Supporting Documents
Connect appropriate related information.
Historical Material
Keep superseded versions from being mistaken for the current policy.
Policy access supports communication and governance. It does not replace training, professional guidance or the school’s responsibility to ensure that staff understand the policies relevant to their role.
Assessment Evidence
Connect relevant academic information.
Attendance Evidence
Use suitable attendance measures.
SEND Evidence
Use authorised support information.
Behaviour and Pastoral Evidence
Connect appropriate school-level context.
Workforce Evidence
Use relevant HR or development information.
Compliance Evidence
Reference appropriate school compliance information.
Documents
Add suitable supporting evidence.
Review History
Preserve what was considered at each point.
The improvement workspace should reference evidence rather than creating parallel versions of the same school records.
Current Compliance Position
Provide authorised oversight.
Significant Risks
Review appropriate organisational risk context.
Outstanding Actions
See relevant work requiring follow-up.
Evidence Readiness
Understand appropriate evidence gaps.
Leadership Response
Connect the issue to strategic action where required.
Governor Follow-Up
Track appropriate governance actions.
Improvement
Move systemic issues into the school-improvement process.
This avoids maintaining one risk or compliance issue in multiple competing records.
School Setup and Leadership
Defines organisational structures, roles, permissions and operational leadership context.
Governance
Supports governor oversight, meetings, documents and actions.
Strategic Goals
Maintain leadership priorities.
Improvement
Connect plans and evidence.
Policies
Maintain approved school policy records.
Compliance
Connect appropriate oversight from the separate compliance workflow.
The distinction helps each user see the information relevant to their responsibility.
Governors
Access approved governance information according to their role.
Headteachers and Leaders
Manage appropriate strategic, improvement and policy workflows.
Clerks and Governance Staff
Support meetings, agendas, documentation and actions according to permission.
Compliance Leads
Contribute relevant compliance information.
SENCOs and Safeguarding Leads
Provide appropriately bounded oversight information where required.
HR Leaders
Contribute relevant workforce evidence without opening unnecessary personnel detail.
Policy Draft Support
Help prepare working policy wording for human review.
Meeting Summaries
Prepare draft summaries from permitted meeting information.
Action Summaries
Organise current governance actions.
Improvement Summaries
Bring together selected progress evidence.
Self-Evaluation Drafting
Help structure authorised leadership commentary.
Evidence Preparation
Organise selected information for review.
Missing Information
Highlight areas where the selected evidence appears incomplete.
EdiWay AI does not:
- Approve a school policy
- Determine who has statutory authority to approve a policy
- Make governor decisions
- Write a final self-evaluation without human review
- Determine an Ofsted judgement
- Decide strategic priorities autonomously
- Determine that an improvement plan has succeeded
- Certify governance effectiveness
- Replace governors, trustees, headteachers or professional advisers
Every AI output remains a draft.
1. Review the Current Position
Bring appropriate school evidence into leadership or governance consideration.
2. Set the Agenda
Define what requires discussion or decision.
3. Make the Decision
Record the authorised school or governance outcome.
4. Assign Actions
Give the next steps clear ownership.
5. Connect Policies
Create, review or update relevant policy records where required.
6. Deliver the Work
Complete actions through the appropriate school workflow.
7. Gather Evidence
Reference suitable source information.
8. Review Improvement
Consider progress against the strategic priority.
9. Update
Record the authorised next action, policy version or improvement position.
10. Preserve History
Keep earlier decisions and approved versions understandable.
Governor access and governance-dashboard capabilities are represented within the platform.
Access should remain permission-aware and limited to the governor’s authorised role.
Meeting and agenda management can support governance activity, documents and follow-up actions.
Approved governance documents can be made available through appropriate governor access workflows.
Yes.
Governance actions can be connected to owners, dates and follow-up activity.
EdiWay can support a policy library, version control, approval workflows, review dates and appropriate staff access.
Policy version-control workflows can preserve earlier versions while clearly identifying the current approved policy.
Yes.
Policy review dates and reminders can help authorised staff identify upcoming or overdue review activity.
No.
Schools remain responsible for establishing the correct approval authority and process for each policy.
Approved policies can be made available to appropriate staff through the configured policy workflow.
Strategic goals, improvement plans, actions, evidence and review are represented within the leadership capability set.
Yes.
Strategic objectives can be maintained alongside owners, actions, evidence and review context.
School self-evaluation workflows can help leaders organise evidence and their own evaluative commentary.
The final evaluation remains human-led.
No.
EdiWay can support evidence organisation and inspection preparation but does not determine or predict an Ofsted judgement.
The canonical organisational risk and compliance workflow belongs within School Compliance, Risk and Evidence.
Governance can use appropriate risk information for oversight and follow-up without creating a duplicate risk register.
Only where their authorised role and the defined safeguarding purpose permit it.
General governance access should not provide unrestricted access to safeguarding cases.
Where enabled, EdiWay AI may help prepare draft policy wording.
An authorised person must review, amend and approve the final policy through the school’s proper process.
AI may assist with drafting and organising permitted evidence where enabled.
Strategic priorities, decisions, actions and final evaluation remain with authorised school leaders and governors.
No.
The platform can help schools organise meetings, policies, actions, evidence and improvement activity.
The quality and effectiveness of governance remain dependent on the people, decisions, challenge and practice within the organisation.
School Compliance, Risk and Evidence
Use compliance status, organisational risks and evidence readiness within authorised governance oversight.
School Setup and Leadership
Connect governance to school roles, structures and operational leadership.
HR and Workforce
Use authorised workforce evidence without opening unnecessary personnel information.
Reporting and Administration
Bring appropriate school reporting into leadership and governance review.
HR and Workforce
Use authorised workforce evidence without opening unnecessary personnel information.
Data Security and Governance
Control governor, leadership and sensitive evidence access.