Secure Schools
Foundations
The base layer of Secure Schools
Secure Schools Foundations is our 'free-forever' tier. With Foundations, you can:
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Benchmark, improve and protect your school with cyber score
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Get exclusive access to the Secure Schools Community, joining hundreds of likeminded educationalists
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Set up your school or trust on the Secure Schools platform
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Track your school or trust's progress with standards such as the DfE cyber security standards, RPA and more
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See how to improve your cyber resilience with easy-to-follow steps that clearly show their impact
Benchmark, improve and protect with our cyber score
Cybersecurity isn’t something you can ‘set and forget’ - it has to be nurtured. To enable schools and guide them on their cybersecurity journey, we have built cyber score, a framework that puts your school on the ‘happy path’ towards reducing overall cybersecurity risks.
Start your school's cybersecurity journey
By joining Secure Schools foundations - you can set your school up for success in reducing overall cybersecurity risk. From getting a sense check of your current cybersecurity posture with our cyber score to testing out and setting up wider cybersecurity features.
Join for free today, to best determine your school or trust's next steps in your cyber journey.
Get Started
with Secure Schools Foundations
Secure Schools Foundations is completely free, forever.
Get started for free now:
Want to go further with Secure Schools?
We offer a wide range of packages, to match whatever stage you’re at in your cybersecurity journey:
Featured
Access
£399
/year
Save 11% annually
What's included?
- Access to platform
- Phishing simulations
- Policy builder
- Awareness training
- School board awareness
- Self-evaluation audit
- External vulnerability scan
- Assessor-led audit
- Bespoke services discount
Assisted
£549
/year
Save 15% annually
What's included?
- Access to platform
- Phishing simulations
- Policy builder
- Awareness training
- School board awareness
- Self-evaluation audit
- External vulnerability scan
- Assessor-led audit
- Bespoke services discount
Certified
£999
/year
Save 12% annually
What's included?
- Access to platform
- Phishing simulations
- Policy builder
- Awareness training
- School board awareness
- Self-evaluation audit
- External vulnerability scan
- Assessor-led audit
- Bespoke services discount
Verified
£1,399
/year
Save 10% annually
What's included?
- Access to platform
- Phishing simulations
- Policy builder
- Awareness training
- School board awareness
- Self-evaluation audit
- External vulnerability scan
- Assessor-led audit
- Bespoke services discount
Featured
Access
£599
/year
Save 8% annually
What's included?
- Access to platform
- Phishing simulations
- Policy builder
- Awareness training
- School board awareness
- Self-evaluation audit
- External vulnerability scan
- Assessor-led audit
- Bespoke services discount
Assisted
£849
/year
Save 10% annually
What's included?
- Access to platform
- Phishing simulations
- Policy builder
- Awareness training
- School board awareness
- Self-evaluation audit
- External vulnerability scan
- Assessor-led audit
- Bespoke services discount
Certified
£1,499
/year
Save 8% annually
What's included?
- Access to platform
- Phishing simulations
- Policy builder
- Awareness training
- School board awareness
- Self-evaluation audit
- External vulnerability scan
- Assessor-led audit
- Bespoke services discount
Verified
£1,899
/year
Save 10% annually
What's included?
- Access to platform
- Phishing simulations
- Policy builder
- Awareness training
- School board awareness
- Self-evaluation audit
- External vulnerability scan
- Assessor-led audit
- Bespoke services discount
Featured
Access
P.O.A.
What's included?
- Access to platform
- Phishing simulations
- Policy builder
- Awareness training
- School board awareness
- Self-evaluation audit
- External vulnerability scan
- Assessor-led audit
- Bespoke services discount
Assisted
P.O.A.
What's included?
- Access to platform
- Phishing simulations
- Policy builder
- Awareness training
- School board awareness
- Self-evaluation audit
- External vulnerability scan
- Assessor-led audit
- Bespoke services discount
Certified
P.O.A.
What's included?
- Access to platform
- Phishing simulations
- Policy builder
- Awareness training
- School board awareness
- Self-evaluation audit
- External vulnerability scan
- Assessor-led audit
- Bespoke services discount
Verified
P.O.A.
What's included?
- Access to platform
- Phishing simulations
- Policy builder
- Awareness training
- School board awareness
- Self-evaluation audit
- External vulnerability scan
- Assessor-led audit
- Bespoke services discount
Comparison table
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Access to Secure Schools platform
Set up and activate your Secure Schools platform access for your school or trust.
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Phishing simulations
Simulations closely mimic real education-sector phishing emails and can be tailored by trust, school and even department.
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Policy builder
Access a library of cybersecurity document templates to support your school or multi-academy trust in meeting DfE, RPA, and Cyber Essentials requirements and expectations. Researched, crafted and kept up-to-date by the Secure Schools Compliance and Certification team. You can also upload and distribute your own policies through the platform.
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Awareness training
A suite of awareness training for your teachers and staff. Make security second nature, empowering them to recognise threats and respond in accordance with your cybersecurity plan
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School board awareness training
Make you or your school governor knowledgeable, compliant, and ready to implement the DfE's updated standards in less than 20 minutes. Keep your learning environment safe while building a culture of awareness and resilience against digital threats.
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Self-evaluation audit
Our Self-Evaluation Audit is a comprehensive questionnaire designed to help you understand your IT systems, processes, and potential cybersecurity risks. On completion, you receive a gap analysis report based on standards set by UK bodies such as the Department for Education. The self-evaluation audit will give you a series of suggestions and actions which will help you improve cyber resilience within your school or trust. Secure Schools Certified offers a range of solutions to help you match and exceed these government standards, such as phishing simulations, awareness training and policy builders.
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External vulnerability scan
Test the school's offensive security by scanning and analysing vulnerabilities existing in the IT systems. Our team uses the tools that attackers use during the early stages of some attacks.
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Assessor-led audit
The assessor-led audit process involves gathering comprehensive information from various sources to thoroughly understand your IT systems, processes, culture, and overall cybersecurity risk. We assess all collected data to create an in-depth report that is suitable for presentation to any stakeholder within your school or trust.
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Bespoke services discount
Exclusively with our Verified tier, you will receive discounted rates on all of our cybersecurity services, such as penetration testing, tabletop exercises and one-to-one consultations.
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