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# Compliance Audit: Track All Regulatory Requirements
> The Compliance Audit module consolidates DfE website requirements, statutory policies, financial regulations, and more into a single trackable checklist.
The Compliance Audit module helps your school keep on top of the wide range of regulatory requirements placed on schools — from DfE website content obligations to statutory policies and financial regulations. Instead of juggling spreadsheets, everything is in one place with automated reminders.
## Key Features
* **Pre-loaded requirements** — a default set covering statutory policies, website requirements, and financial regulations is ready to use from day one
* **Custom compliance areas and items** — add your own requirements to cover anything specific to your school
* **Assigned Owners** — assign individual staff as Owners of areas or items; they receive automated reminders when reviews are due
* **Flexible review dates** — set review dates up to 18 months ahead; defaults to annual
* **Notes** — record an explanation against each item describing how your school meets the requirement
* **Multi-school coordination** — groups of schools can centrally manage shared requirements to reduce duplication and increase consistency
* **Printable audit** — print or export the completed audit as evidence for governor review
## How It Works
The module is organised into two levels: **Compliance Areas** (top-level categories) contain **Compliance Items** (the individual requirements you need to meet).
When you mark an item as OK, its review date is automatically set to one year ahead. If an item is already due for review within the next 4 weeks, the date rolls forward one year from the *current* due date — not from today. This prevents review dates from drifting progressively earlier each year.
Owners receive a weekly email reminder listing any items assigned to them that are Unapproved, Not OK, or Overdue, as well as items coming up for review within the next 4 weeks.
Where groups of schools choose to coordinate, additional functionality ensures consistency of Compliance Areas and Items across all schools.
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