Regulatory Readiness
School self-assessment tool for registration and review
Self-assessment
EthosOne is the only self-assessment tool in Australia built for the actual frameworks schools are judged against, including ACECQA and the independent schools review frameworks. Instead of a generic questionnaire, it maps your school against the criteria a reviewer will use, shows you the gaps, and tracks evidence over time so registration and review are a continuation of normal work, not a scramble.
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Live readiness against the framework your reviewer will use.
Six questions. An honest readiness picture.
Scored in your browser as you go. No email needed to see your number.
If your regulator visited next month, where would your evidence come from?
Real frameworks
ACECQA, state registration and independent schools review criteria, not generic checklists.
Gap-aware
See what is missing and who needs to act before the reviewer arrives.
Evidence over time
Build the registration record as you go, not in a pre-review scramble.
Run at any scale. From one campus to a diocese, with every entity reporting the same way.
- Switch
- from your existing platform, for a low cost
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- policy domains help you make sense of the policies you have, and the ones you need
- Every regulator
- in Australia and New Zealand supported
- Safe
- data, processing and AI based in Sydney and Melbourne via AWS
Coverage spans the eight Australian states and territories, with Commonwealth law applying across all of them, and separately New Zealand. Domain figures come from the PolicyAI Research Atlas, refreshed weekly.
Why is there no other tool like this?
Most self-assessment offerings are generic compliance checklists repurposed for schools. EthosOne built directly to those frameworks, which is why it is the only self-assessment tool of its kind in Australia for this purpose. A school self-assessment tool lets a school measure itself against the standards it will be reviewed on before the reviewer arrives. A good one mirrors the real review framework, identifies where evidence is missing, and keeps a running record so the school is always close to ready.
Which review frameworks does it cover?
EthosOne covers the national and state frameworks independent schools are assessed against, including ACECQA for early learning and the independent schools review frameworks used for school registration and review.
- ACECQA National Quality Standard
- Independent schools review frameworks (AU states)
- Registration and periodic review criteria
- Evidence linked per criterion
Real frameworks
Mapped to ACECQA and the independent schools review frameworks, not a generic checklist.
Gap-aware
Shows what is missing and who needs to act.
Evidence over time
Builds the registration and review record as you go.
Three easy steps
From scattered evidence to a continuous record
Map your authority's framework, link evidence to each criterion, and close gaps before the review window opens.
Map
Choose your authority - NESA, VRQA, ESB, NSSAB, or any of the other twelve frameworks EthosOne supports. The standards, criteria and requirements load with their hierarchy intact. No more starting from a blank Word doc.
Live readiness from day one
Link
Attach evidence to every criterion. A file, a URL, or an existing EthosOne artefact. The link stays live - when the policy updates, the criterion sees the latest version. One source of truth, reused across every framework you have to satisfy.
One source of truth
Close
EthosOne shows you where the gaps are. Assign owners and due dates. Convert partial criteria into satisfied ones. Run the 90-day readiness check before any review window. Export the regulator-ready submission pack when the visit comes.
Close the gaps
Honest check
How review-ready are you today?
Six questions school leaders ask themselves before a registration or review cycle. No login required.
Readiness self-check
- Stored in AustraliaAWS Sydney and Melbourne, one database per school
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Privately scored in your browser.
No email needed to see your number - bring it to your principal, your board, or the consult. 1. 1 If your regulator visited next month, where would your evidence come from?
Framework-mapped vs generic checklist
Most self-assessment tools are compliance questionnaires repurposed for schools. EthosOne maps directly to the criteria your reviewer will use.
The four we are asked every time.
Still weighing something up? Thirty minutes with us, on your own registers, answers the rest.
Start the self-assessment01Does it cover ACECQA self-assessment?
Yes. For early learning specifically, see the dedicated ACECQA self-assessment page.
02Is this for school registration, review, or both?
Both. The same self-assessment supports initial registration and ongoing review by keeping evidence current against the framework.
03Can we see our readiness before a real review?
Yes. You see your standing against the framework at any time, not only when a review is booked.
04Is the six-question check the same as the readiness workflow in EthosOne?
No. The six questions on this page are a public readiness check: they take a few minutes and give an honest picture, and they do not load a framework or read your evidence. The licensed Regulatory Readiness module is where your state framework is loaded criterion by criterion, evidence is linked to each one and a person sets each status.
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Working with the associations schools already belong to
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.
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