Subscriptions & Products for Independent Schools
Running an independent school comes with unique challenges, but with the right support, you can navigate them with confidence.
We offer a range of fixed fee subscriptions and products designed to help independent schools access cost effective solutions to help you keep up to date, stay on top of compliance and effectively manage day-to-day operations.
Our provision of tailored solutions helps free up your time so you can focus on delivering the best experience for your staff, pupils, and school community.
These products work alongside our comprehensive advice for independent schools.
Explore our tailored products, designed to support independent schools like yours.
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Keeping up with ever-changing requirements of running an independent school can be complex, but our Compliance Toolkit is here to help.
Designed to keep you informed and prepared for legislative changes and statutory updates, highlighting what actions you need to take to stay compliant.
The toolkit is built around five flexible modules designed for independent schools:
- Independent School Standards Regulations
- Statutory Framework for the Early Years Foundation Stage
- Boarding and International Students
- Data Protection
- Charity Regulation
Start with the modules that fit your current needs and add others as required. With an affordable monthly fee, you will have the reassurance of knowing you are fully up to date and understand any actions needed to your policies and practices to remain compliant.
A child’s education is a long-term commitment for both parents and your school. Having a clear, well-structured parent contract in place ensures relationships with parents start on the right foot and remain positive throughout the child’s time at your school.
Our parent contract, designed by sector-expert lawyers, is regularly updated and thoroughly “stress tested” through our longstanding experience in working with independent schools.
The latest edition includes five tailored versions to meet the needs of:
- boarding schools
- day schools
- smaller day schools (fewer than 200 pupils)
- sixth form colleges
- nurseries
We also provide a range of related agreements, including credit control and anti-money laundering policies, consumer credit exempt and third party payment agreements.
Managing school fees is a critical part of your school’s financial stability, and strong credit control systems are key. If your internal processes don’t achieve results, our school fees recovery scheme provides a reliable, cost-effective service to help you recover unpaid fees.
VWV’s school fee recovery scheme is a unique subscription-based litigation service that offers a fixed cost legal recovery service operated by one of the country’s leading education sector law firms.
For schools with more specific requirements, we also offer bespoke fee recovery solutions tailored to your needs.
Simplify your HR processes with a suite of tailored employment contracts and a comprehensive manual designed specifically for independent schools.
Our comprehensive manual ensures that your school’s employment documents stay compliant and up to date, with free updates included.
Recruiting staff for your school is a responsibility that demands attention to detail and compliance with best practices. Our safer recruitment pack includes everything you need, from a recruitment policy and offer letters to templates for contractors and supply agencies.
We offer a range of regulatory and other policies for independent schools for fixed fees.
The Handbook contains the key documents needed for a school's data protection compliance. This includes privacy notices, staff guidance, a data breach policy, retention policy, a record of processing activities and a data processing agreement.
Ensuring that your staff are aware of your policies and have read them, is simple with our policy tracker. This online tool allows you to monitor compliance, set reminders for review dates, retain a clear audit trail, and stay organised with ease.
You will have a straightforward way to manage policies, saving time and reducing hassle.
Training your staff is quick and easy with our eLearning platform. You can customise your training packages, create your own courses, or use our ready-made content, all designed to suit the needs of independent schools.
Our content is designed by lawyers to focus on areas of risk and help manage compliance. With built-in tools to track staff engagement, and deliver tailored training, our eLearning platform is a simple yet powerful solution to support your team.
As well as our e-learning we are able to offer a range of bespoke training sessions for schools, including for boards, senior leaders and all staff. Topics can vary from strategic planning, to governor duties, investigations and complaints handling, or Equality, Diversity and Inclusion.
Our products work alongside the services offered within the wider VWV group, Cairneagle, Narrow Quay HR and Narrow Quay Solutions, which offer our clients expert consultancy services from strategy and investment, to HR, business, compliance and operations.
Our practical tools and solutions are aimed at saving you time and providing greater assurance. Contact us today to find out how we can help you focus on what matters most - your staff, your pupils, and the success of your school.
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