St Michael’s is a small primary school located in a tight-knit community in regional Victoria. It has a staff of six and their focus is on teaching, learning and student welfare.
The challenge is that “All roads lead to the Principal,” so she is time poor.
CompliSpace worked with St Michael’s to implement the Assurance tool to transform the way the school leaders tracked and managed their compliance obligations. This implementation included Assurance training with other schools in the CEO Sandhurst group.
St Michael's particularly embraced the tool for capturing, managing and automating safety incidents.
St Michael's is a Catholic Education Sandhurst school. CES engaged CompliSpace to help bring consistency and transparency to the way its schools manage risk, compliance and policies.
St Michael's logged and managed over 75 Safety Incidents in the first year. They use the Notes function to track any communication relating to an injury or near miss. Assurance has helped St Michael's automate notifications directly to the principal – whether she is in her office, on the school grounds or off site. It has also helped St Michael's streamline communications.
St Michael's have also developed their merge doc letter home to parents (pre-populated Word document which pulls information entered into the form and populates a template for customisation and distribution).
The school also use the system to manage hazards and maintenance requests.
"The Assurance system is easy to use and has been embraced quickly within our small school. I can now have a quick, clear view of any incidents – past and present – and access the documentation I need. No more digging through filing cabinets or searching digital files. And I can pull the reports I need in seconds. Having the system adopted so well by our staff has meant that I save time finding and sharing information with staff and parents. ”
Cassie Lynch,
Principal, St Michael’s Tallangatta.