Resources and Insights
Explore how EthosOne and its approach to governance, policy, risk and compliance can help any school create a more transparent, more efficient, safer place to work and learn.
Start with the problem in front of you
Clear guidance, working templates, comparisons and sector insight for independent-school governance, risk, compliance, policy, assurance and board reporting.
When the template becomes a system
A template helps structure the work. EthosOne keeps it current, owned, evidenced and reportable.
- School governance software
- School compliance software
- School risk management software
- School board governance software
- School policy management software
- School assurance software
Free template for business managers
The risk register template independent schools actually use. Pre-loaded with 20 school-specific risks, ISO 31000 aligned, ready for your next board meeting. Download free, upgrade to a live register in two weeks.
The fortnightly read of what moved, with the questions for the next meeting.
Sector SignalSector Signal 08: nobody asked for an AI policy
Sector Signal Issue 08 (17 Sep 2026) on the five existing policies regulators are asking schools to change for AI, not a new AI policy.
Dave Yeates
Sector SignalSector Signal 07: the rules held, the checking changed
Sector Signal Issue 07 (24 Aug 2026) giving school leaders seven questions and five regulatory patterns on enforcement and screening.
Dave Yeates
Sector SignalSector Signal: stop assessing documents, manage the trail
August 2026 Sector Signal issue for independent school boards, with five regulatory patterns and seven board questions.
Dave Yeates
Sector SignalSector Signal: 1 July moved the burden of proof
Sector Signal issue 05 for school boards covering 1 July 2026 statutory changes across AU and NZ independent schools.
Dave Yeates
Sector SignalSector Signal: bullying and psychosocial safety go national
Sector Signal issue for principals and boards on national bullying and psychosocial safety reform becoming a board risk.
Dave Yeates
Sector SignalSector Signal, May 2026: the end of the outsourced school
Sector Signal issue 03 for principals and boards on OAIC, VRQA and Children's Online Privacy Code accountability shifts.
Dave Yeates
Sector SignalSector Signal: compliance cascade and the AI adoption gap
Fortnightly briefing (3 to 17 May 2026) for school leaders on the 2026 compliance cascade, principal workload and AI adoption.
Dave Yeates
Sector SignalSector Signal: what a fortnight says about school risk
Sector Signal Issue 01 (3 May 2026) briefing school leaders on cyber breaches, reportable conduct schemes and state reporting.
Dave Yeates
The long reads, kept current.
GuidesAI Governance in Schools: The Complete Guide
The complete guide to AI governance in schools: who decides, what is logged, and which duties AI touches.
GuidesSchool Registration and Review by State: AU and NZ Guide
Guide to school registration and review across nine AU and NZ jurisdictions, with regulators, frameworks and cycles.
GuidesSchool policy and compliance: from the Act to the evidence
The chain from an Act to an obligation, a policy, a procedure, a compliance item and evidence, for schools.
GuidesThe Board Year: A Governance Calendar for School Boards
The board year for independent schools: standing agenda, the pack, the meeting, resolutions, appetite and the review.
GuidesWHS Obligations for Schools: The Complete Guide
WHS obligations for schools: the register, the assessment that matched the activity, hazards, incidents and the trail.
The practice pieces.
InsightsRead the 2026 school compliance landscape as a leader
Article by Dave Yeates reading the 2025 to 2026 obligations for schools as a design brief, with five questions for the next board meeting.
Dave Yeates
InsightsThe principal isn't the problem. The role is.
Article by Pete Holliday arguing principal workload is a role design and systems problem a board can control, with five changes to make this term.
Pete Holliday
InsightsBlackfriars Priory School: a governance case study
Case study of Blackfriars Priory School (SA) consolidating subscriptions into EthosOne, for business managers and principals.
InsightsPlanCheckGo transition: time to ask a harder question
Article for principals migrating off PlanCheckGo on what genuine excursion duty of care oversight should do.
Dave Yeates
InsightsCan a school be continuously registration-ready?
Article for business managers arguing registration readiness can be continuous via Map, Link, Close instead of a cyclical scramble.
Pete Holliday
InsightsGovernance Infrastructure for Independent Schools
Article for principals, business managers and board chairs on why fragmented governance tooling exposes independent schools.
Dave Yeates
InsightsBoard management for Independent Schools
Insights article by Pete Holliday on moving volunteer school boards from email-based administration to structured governance.
Pete Holliday
InsightsSchool Board Engagement for Principals
Article for principals on how structured governance systems reduce board tension, reporting load and micromanagement.
Dave Yeates
InsightsRisk management for Private Schools
Article for school leaders and boards on moving risk registers from static annual archives to live, connected oversight.
Pete Holliday
InsightsAccessibility for private School Boards
Article for volunteer and first-time school directors on making governance information clear, linked and accessible.
Dave Yeates
InsightsPolicy management for faith-based schools
Insights article by Dave Yeates on structured policy governance for faith-based schools balancing compliance and mission.
Dave Yeates
InsightsOversight and Assurance for Business Managers
Article for school business managers on moving from scattered document collection to continuous, defensible assurance.
Dave Yeates
InsightsCamp & Excursion management tools
Article for principals, business managers and boards on treating camps and excursions as a connected governance function.
Pete Holliday
Releases and partnerships, as announced.
AnnouncementsEthosOne and AccuFind: Policy Intelligence for ANZ independent schools
Press release, 3 June 2026: EthosOne and AccuFind launch PolicyAI, policy intelligence for ANZ independent schools.
AnnouncementsFind EthosOne at EduTECH 2026
Announcement inviting school leaders to visit EthosOne at stand 851, EduTECH, 3 and 4 June 2026, as ASBA Branch Partner.
AnnouncementsEthosOne joins ASBA as Risk and Compliance Branch Partner for 2026
Announcement of EthosOne's 2026 ASBA Risk and Compliance Branch sponsorship and what it contributes to business managers.
AnnouncementsEthosOne 2.0: what changed for schools
EthosOne 2.0 adds multi-campus roll-up, board meetings and resolutions, Word reports in minutes, an LMS, a personnel tracker and PolicyAI beta, with frontier AI hosted in AWS Sydney and Melbourne.
EthosOne beside the tools schools already know.
ComparisonsEthosOne vs CHALK: school governance software compared
Comparison article for school leaders weighing CHALK's task automation against EthosOne's connected governance record, with both published price positions.
ComparisonsEthosOne vs iSAMS: school information system or governance
Comparison article showing where iSAMS stops and EthosOne's governance, risk and compliance layer begins for AU schools.
ComparisonsEthosOne vs Sentrient: workplace or school compliance
Comparison article contrasting Sentrient's workplace HR compliance with EthosOne's school governance for principals.
ComparisonsEthosOne vs. Compass Education
Comparison article positioning Compass as the school operations system and EthosOne as the governance layer for boards.
ComparisonsEthosOne vs EdSmart: school workflows or governance
Comparison article distinguishing EdSmart's workflow digitisation from EthosOne's governance layer for school leadership teams.
ComparisonsEthosOne vs Veracross: school management or governance
Comparison article explaining to school leaders why a Veracross SIS is not a governance system and where EthosOne sits.
ComparisonsEthosOne vs CompliSpace: school governance compared
Comparison article positioning EthosOne against Ideagen CompliSpace for school leaders reviewing governance systems.
ComparisonsEthosOne vs BoardPro: school board portal or governance
Comparison article for school leaders weighing BoardPro's board portal against EthosOne's whole-of-governance platform.
ComparisonsEthosOne vs SEQTA: learning system or school governance
Comparison article explaining why SEQTA's learning management system does not cover governance for school boards.
ComparisonsEthosOne vs Diligent: corporate portal or school governance
Comparison article positioning EthosOne against Diligent's corporate board portal for independent school boards.
ComparisonsEthosOne vs Convene: board portal or school governance
Comparison article positioning EthosOne as a governance operating system against Convene's board portal for schools.
ComparisonsEthosOne vs MS Teams: school governance beyond channels
Comparison article explaining why Microsoft Teams coordinates governance files but does not structure school governance.
ComparisonsEthosOne vs. Doing it Yourself
Comparison article for school leaders on when spreadsheet and shared-drive governance stops being enough.
What shipped, version by version.
- Release notesv1.0.0Release notes
EthosOne v1.0.0 release notes
Strateji is live.
- Release notesv1.0.1Release notes
EthosOne v1.0.1 release notes
Product direction: one sharp focus ahead.
- Release notesv1.0.10Release notes
EthosOne v1.0.10 release notes
Outcomes replace Initiatives everywhere.
- Release notesv1.0.11Release notes
EthosOne v1.0.11 release notes
Stability and backlog clearance.
- Release notesv1.0.12Release notes
EthosOne v1.0.12 release notes
Another stability pass.
- Release notesv1.0.13Release notes
EthosOne v1.0.13 release notes
Faster outcomes, fewer blockers.
- Release notesv1.0.14Release notes
EthosOne v1.0.14 release notes
Budget view, Risk, AI on the board, new Dashboard and Sidebar.
- Release notesv1.0.15Release notes
EthosOne v1.0.15 release notes
Meetings, Actions, Risk UI refresh, RACSI, new Sidebar.
- Release notesv1.1.1Release notes
EthosOne v1.1.1 release notes
Vertical focus: independent and public schools, two foundation partners.
- Release notesv2.0.0Release notes
EthosOne v2.0.0 release notes
Building the Strateji ecosystem, schools and education governance first.
- Release notesv2.0.37Release notes
EthosOne v2.0.37 release notes
Introducing EthosOne.
- Release notesv2.0.39Release notes
EthosOne v2.0.39 release notes
Platform enhancements across core modules
- Release notesv2.0.40Release notes
EthosOne v2.0.40 release notes
Trust Centre updates
- Release notesv2.0.41Release notes
EthosOne v2.0.41 release notes
Major platform enhancements across registration, meetings, planning, risk, and governance
- Release notesv2.0.42Release notes
EthosOne v2.0.42 release notes
A polish pass across Compliance, Dashboard, Risk, and Meetings
- Release notesv2.0.49Release notes
EthosOne v2.0.49 release notes
AI now drafts your risk controls, treatments, and assurance
What changed,and what to ask about it.
Sector Signal is the fortnightly read of what moved in school governance, risk and compliance, with the seven questions for the next meeting.