Audit Hub
Every governance check in one hub, delegated and done
SGAF is the Governance Operating System for UK schools and academy trusts. The Audit Hub is where evidence enters that system: 20+ governance, compliance and readiness audits in one place, each with its own enriched check card. Delegate any check to a governor or staff member by link, with a deadline, reminders and an approval step built in, and every completed check exports as a PDF.
Included in every SGAF membership, from £229 per school per year.
20+ governance, compliance and readiness audits in one hub
Delegate any check by link, with a deadline, reminders and an approval step
Every completed check exports as a PDF
Built by a governance practitioner, not a software company
How it works
From check to closed, in three steps
Nothing sits in a report nobody opens. Every check moves from picked, to delegated, to evidenced.
Pick a check from the catalogue
Choose from 20+ audits across statutory oversight, compliance, inclusion, finance, faith and governance, each with its own enriched check card.
Delegate it by link
Send it to a governor or staff member with a deadline. Reminders chase it, so nothing waits on someone remembering.
Approve and export
Review what comes back and approve it. The completed check exports as a PDF, ready for the file or the meeting pack.
Every finding can become a risk, an owned action and, over the year, evidence in the governance statement. The Audit Hub is where evidence enters the loop, not a stack of PDFs nobody opens.
Coverage
Not one readiness check. A full board assurance catalogue.
20+ audits across four groups, each designed to surface a finding and carry it into the live system.
Statutory oversight
The core areas governors are expected to know, challenge and keep under review.
- Safeguarding
- SEND
- Attendance
- Health & Safety
- Behaviour & Exclusions
- Restrictive Interventions
- Children in Care
Inclusion, curriculum and outcomes
Checks that show whether every pupil is being served fairly.
- Curriculum
- Pupil Premium
- Pupil Wellbeing
- Personal Development
- Careers
- Early Years
- Sixth Form
Compliance and operations
Board-level checks for the operational risks that often sit between reports.
- Finance
- Admissions
- Data Protection
- Complaints
- Automated Website Compliance
- AI Governance
- Martyn's Law
Governance, faith and improvement
Checks that connect board practice, school improvement and faith inspection evidence.
- Quality Standard
- Governor Induction
- School Improvement
- SIAMS
- CES
- External Validation
Where it sits in the loop
Where the Audit Hub sits in the loop
Every check is where evidence enters the system. Findings become risks, risks become actions, actions become the statement. Every school's position rolls up for the trust.
Audit (this tool)
Every check delegated by link, evidenced and exported as a PDF.
Risk
Findings become risks, each with an owner and a review date.
Action
Risks become visit plans and actions the board can track.
Statement
The year's evidence becomes the board's annual account.
Oversight
Every school's position rolls up into one live view.
For every seat
What the Audit Hub gives each seat at the table
The same catalogue, whatever your role at the board.
Chair
See the whole programme, not one report at a time
- The board's whole check position on one screen before every meeting
- Delegated checks chased by reminders, not by the chair
- An approval step that gives the chair one clear sign-off point
Headteacher
Answer "how do you know?" from a check already on file
- Staff checks delegated with a deadline, not an email thread
- Every completed check exports as a PDF for the file
- Findings feed the board briefing without a second write-up
Clerk
Chase nothing. The reminders do it.
- Every delegated check carries its own deadline and reminder
- A completed-check list ready before the agenda is built
- PDFs filed as they are approved, not gathered after the fact
Governor
Arrive at a check knowing exactly what to look at
- A check assigned to you by link, with a deadline
- The enriched check card gives the context up front
- An approval step before it counts as done
Common questions
How the Audit Hub works
The practical detail for boards bringing checks into one place.
Does the Audit Hub replace an external review or inspection?
No. It is the board's own coverage layer, the internal assurance a board keeps live between external reviews. Findings can be considered as risks, turned into owned actions and carried into the year's governance statement, so the board's own evidence is ready whenever an external review asks for it.
What happens if a delegated check misses its deadline?
It stays visible as waiting, and reminders chase the person it was sent to without anyone having to remember. Nothing quietly disappears from the list.
Do findings turn into risks by themselves?
No. A finding can be suggested as a candidate risk, but the board decides what goes on the Risk Register. Nothing is added without a person choosing to add it.
How is this different from a folder of checklists?
A checklist ends at the finding. The Audit Hub is the starting point for risk, action, reporting, annual assurance and, for a trust, oversight across every school. It is not a library of PDFs, it is where evidence enters the rest of the system.
What does it cost?
The Audit Hub is included in every SGAF membership, with no separate fee. Membership is £229 per year for a primary and £329 for a secondary, per school, and brings every member tool with it.
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