Audit-ready board reporting for independent schools
Get board-ready in 30 days, or you don't pay until you are.
A paid entry point. No platform commitment.
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The Board-Ready Audit is a paid governance diagnostic for an independent school, run partly on the EthosOne platform so you see the product doing the work and partly through facilitated sessions with Pete Holliday, a master executive coach and EthosOne co-founder.
What we keep hearing
Risk. Review. Reporting. Regulation. Registration. And the board meeting you are quietly dreading, because the honest answer to "would what we have now survive being looked at properly?" is that nobody has looked.
This is the outside read that answers it before somebody else asks.
Walk into your next review already sure.
Request the Board-Ready Audit
$3,500 plus GST, credited in full against Core when you upgrade. No platform commitment.
What the Board-Ready Audit actually is
It is not a sales pitch and it is not a generic checklist. It is a focused diagnostic of your school's governance posture, run partly on the EthosOne platform so you see the product doing the work, and partly through facilitated sessions with Pete Holliday, a master executive coach and EthosOne co-founder.
You bring your current policies, your board context and your pressure points. We map them against what a board-ready independent school looks like, show you where the exposure sits, and hand you a prioritised plan you can act on, with or without EthosOne.
“Shifts governance from reactive and paper-based processes to proactive and evidence-informed.”
Don Grimmett, Principal
What you get
The $3,500 audit includes all of the following.
Governance exposure baseline
Your school loaded into EthosOne with a structured baseline across governance, risk and compliance.
90-minute facilitated diagnostic with Pete Holliday
A working session (video or on-site by arrangement) that surfaces the governance and risk gaps that matter to your board.
Board-readiness scorecard
A clear, ranked read of where you stand against a board-ready standard, with each gap rated by exposure.
Prioritised 30-day action plan
Specific, sequenced steps to get board-ready, owned and time-boxed for your next board cycle.
Policy and register gap list
The concrete policies, registers and controls that are missing, out of date, or unevidenced.
Board-ready readout
A written summary and a live walkthrough you can take to your board or leadership team.
Migration sizing
If you choose to continue, a realistic scope and price for moving onto EthosOne Core.
Most audits complete within 3 to 4 weeks of kickoff. The board-ready guarantee window is 30 days.
You only pay for this once
If you decide to move onto EthosOne Core, the full audit fee is credited against your first Core invoice. Pay $3,500 +GST for the audit, upgrade to Core, and that $3,500 comes straight off. The same applies if you put the credit toward migration instead.
Audit $3,500→Credited in full→Core first invoice reduced
Board-ready in 30 days, or you don't pay until you are.
We stand behind the outcome. If you act on the plan and you are not board-ready within 30 days, you don't pay until you are. We would rather carry the risk than sell you a report that sits in a drawer.
Who buys the Board-Ready Audit
Principals, business managers, board secretaries and risk or governance officers at independent schools who have a board meeting, an audit, a registration renewal or a governance review coming up, and who want an expert, outside read before they commit to a platform.
If you are earlier in your thinking, start with Your next five edits or book a short review instead. If you have a deadline and a budget, the audit is the fastest way to get certainty.
Audit fee
$3,500 + GST
- GST $350 · Total inc GST $3,850
Fully credited against Core when you upgrade.
Walk into your next review already sure.
The audit identifies the gaps. School board governance software keeps the resulting accountability chain current.
- Stored in AustraliaAWS Sydney and Melbourne, one database per school
- AI stays in the country tooHosted in Sydney and Melbourne; never trained on your content
- Published, not describedTrust Centre · ISMS policy · How we handle your data
Request the Board-Ready Audit
I agree EthosOne may contact me about this audit request and related governance services. No payment now and no card details. We send a tax invoice by email ($3,850 inc GST, 14-day terms) once we confirm your request.
The audit is the entry to board-ready governance, which is the standard it measures you against, and the plan it hands back is the one school board governance software then carries: the pack, the meeting, the resolutions and the actions that come out of them. Where the audit finds the exposure sits in the register rather than the boardroom, it points at school risk management software.
The seven we are asked every time.
Still weighing something up? Thirty minutes with us, on your own registers, answers the rest.
Talk to us about the audit01Is the audit really credited against Core?
Yes, in full. If you upgrade to Core (or put it toward migration), the entire audit fee comes off your first invoice.
02What does it cost?
$3,500 +GST, total $3,850 inc GST. You receive a compliant Australian tax invoice from EthosOne by email, with 14-day terms.
03Do I have to buy Core to do the audit?
No. The audit is a standalone paid engagement with its own deliverables. There is no obligation to continue.
04Who runs it?
Pete Holliday, EthosOne co-founder and COO and a master executive coach, supported by the EthosOne platform.
05How long does it take?
Most audits complete within 3 to 4 weeks of kickoff. The guarantee window is 30 days.
06How do we pay?
We send you a tax invoice by email once you request the audit, payable by EFT on 14-day terms. There is no card payment online.
07Board-Ready Audit for Independent Schools, in full: what does it cover?
You bring your current policies, your board context and your pressure points; it maps them against what a board-ready school looks like, shows where the exposure sits, and hands back a prioritised plan you can act on with or without EthosOne. It costs $3,500 plus GST, it is credited in full against Core if you upgrade, and it carries no platform commitment. It is built for the business manager and the principal preparing for a board that has started asking harder questions.
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Why independent schools choose EthosOne
Governance clarity
Consistent, board-ready insights from one portal.
Assurance confidence
Named ownership keeps risk and actions visible.
Compliance control
State-aligned obligations managed in one cadence.
Risk transparency
ISO-aligned risk is governed, not just documented.
Get board-ready in 30 days,or you don't pay until you are.
Paid $3,500 governance diagnostic offer for school leaders with a board, audit or registration deadline, credited against Core.