Leave the library. Keep the answers.
CompliSpace gives your school a lot of content to assemble. EthosOne gives your principal and board one live answer for risk, compliance, policy and self-assessment.
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It meets all of the real frustrations of business directors in one place.
Nick MillerDirector of Business, Blackfriars Priory School
School governance and risk is a complex area without a clear solution.
David RuggieroPrincipal, Blackfriars Priory School
Demo to live in under a month. One South Australian school, one term, board-ready.
Blackfriars Priory SchoolCase study
EthosOne is the Board-Ready Governance alternative to CompliSpace for independent schools: risk, compliance, policy and self-assessment in one accountable place, replacing Assurance, PolicyConnect and CompliLearn on a schedule you choose.
Blackfriars Priory School made the switch and went from demo to live in under a month. Its principal, David Ruggiero, on what it replaced: "School governance and risk is a complex area without a clear solution, a time-poor disconnect with governance and risk management that relies on Frankenstein models of electronic and paper-based reporting and measuring."
What is the best CompliSpace alternative for schools?
For independent schools wanting Board-Ready Governance, EthosOne is the most complete CompliSpace alternative. It covers the same ground, risk, compliance and policy, and adds school self-assessment against the actual review frameworks, all in one workspace with clear accountabilities, rather than across separate tools and DIY dashboards.
How does EthosOne compare to CompliSpace?
EthosOne keeps board reporting and operational risk in one ISO 31000-aligned place, connects compliance and policy to source via the AccuFind legislative intelligence, and includes framework self-assessment. CompliSpace, now operating under the Ideagen and Policy Logic names, has a long track record and a large content library, with board-level risk reporting often assembled in separate tools.
More than they do
A published price
- $15,000
- a year for Core, the record every module runs on
- $45,000
- all in, every module
- No seat maths
- every teacher, board member and bursar can have a login
- January 2027
- licence starts when the school year turns
The whole price is on the page. Built only for schools.
Core is $15,000 a year and every module is $45,000 all in, with no per-user fees, no feature gates and no annual creep. Board reporting, risk, compliance, policy and registration evidence in one platform, connected to source and aligned to ISO 31000.
- $15,000Core, a year
- $45,000all in
- 0per-user fees
- 25policy domains scored
- 30 daysto board-ready
Point for point, on one screen
Every dimension a school weighs, and what each side actually delivers.
EthosOne compared with legacy school governance suites, point for point
| Feature | CompliSpace | EthosOne |
|---|---|---|
| Focus | One of many industries served | Schools only, founder-led |
| Board reporting | Built from exports and snapshots | Board reporting sharpened and live |
| Risk management | Build-your-own risk forms | A living ISO 31000 register, not a tick-box |
| Excursions | PlanCheckGo absorbed by Assurance in 2026 | Native workflows with embedded risk management |
| SSO & security | SAML supported; setup left to your IT | SSO + MFA, set up for you |
| Support | Tiered, with some channels on premium plans | Included, no tiers to climb |
| Pricing | Modular and not publicly published | Published, predictable, per entity |
| Policies & Procedures | School-managed libraries the school re-works | Interactive version control, approval and a parent portal for sharing |
| Policy Intelligence | Generic, lawyer-drafted templates | PolicyAI: legislative intelligence, verified against the law |
| Professional Development | Learning system | Personnel: certification, compliance training and WWCC |
Where CompliSpace may suit you better: Schools already invested in the CompliSpace and Ideagen ecosystem, or that value its long-established, broad content library and have the in-house capacity to assemble board reporting separately, may find it the more natural fit today. We say so plainly.
What we replace
Your CompliSpace stack, replaced on a schedule
Not a like-for-like swap: the same budget buys a connected platform that does more, module for module.
More than Assurance
- ISO 31000 standardised risk, not build-your-own forms
- Live, board-grade reporting, not DIY snapshots
- Excursions native inside Core, included rather than a paid add-on
More than PolicyConnect
- 25 policy domains, matched to the source law
- Agentic and gap-aware, not static templates to re-work
- Connected to source legislation, protecting your ethos
More than CompliLearn
- Training records connected to your compliance and assurance, not a standalone LMS
- Part of one connected platform, not a separate purchase
- Plus a Personnel Ledger for staff records and obligations
- Stored in AustraliaAWS Sydney and Melbourne, one database per school
- AI stays in the country tooAmazon Bedrock; never trained on your content
- Published, not describedTrust Centre · ISMS policy · How we handle your data
The five we are asked every time.
Still weighing something up? Thirty minutes with us, on your own registers, answers the rest.
Book your school a demo01Can it replace CompliSpace?
For the governance work, yes: risk, compliance, policy, assurance and board reporting run in one connected platform built only for schools, and many schools move across module by module. You do not have to switch on day one. Schools run both during a transition, move a module at a time and cut over at renewal, and the migration service page sets out that schedule.
02What makes EthosOne different for independent schools?
EthosOne is built from the boardroom backwards: live ISO 31000 risk, board-ready reporting, native duty of care, and connected policy and compliance in one platform made only for schools. It is governance infrastructure, not document storage.
03Is EthosOne a good alternative to CompliSpace?
Yes. EthosOne brings risk, compliance, policy, assurance and board reporting into one connected, board-ready place, so leadership spends less time stitching systems together and more time governing. Many schools move across module by module.
04Do we have to replace CompliSpace to start using EthosOne?
No. EthosOne is not designed to replace CompliSpace; it exists for the real governance work school leaders do. Many schools run both during a transition, and reducing software cost is a welcome side effect rather than the goal.
05How does EthosOne handle policy and compliance?
Policies live with their owners, approval dates and review cycles alongside risk and compliance, and PolicyAI matches each policy to its source legislation, flagging gaps as the law changes (from Term 3, 2026).
What are the AI paragraphs you are currently missing from your policies? Watch how we do it.
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Book a demo for your school and see what board-ready governance looks like in practice.
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.
