DPIAs tailored for independent and boarding schools
Specialised templates for fee planning, boarding houses, scholarships, international admissions, and proprietary alumni networks. Built for bursars, registrars, and independent school leaders.
Independent schools manage complex commercial, pastoral, and global data
From overseas fee payers and scholarship assessments to 24/7 boarding pastoral logs and extensive alumni fundraising databases, independent schools carry unique compliance profiles. DPOHub gives your bursary and compliance teams a rigorous, proportionate framework to screen every activity and defend your processes.
Everything an independent school needs to manage risk
| Feature | Benefit |
|---|---|
| Independent school activity templates covering admissions, boarding, and commercial operations | Addresses the distinct commercial and pastoral structure of fee-paying schools |
| International admissions and overseas agent vetting checks | Protects student data across global recruitment pipelines |
| Boarding house pastoral records and medical tracking | Maintains strict confidentiality for resident pupils |
| Fee billing, bursary assessments, and financial aid verification | Safeguards sensitive family financial records securely |
| Alumni relations, fundraising, and donor development modules | Ensures marketing and PECR compliance for constituent outreach |
| Independent safeguarding and ISI compliance alignment | Your data protection records reinforce your inspection readiness |
| Risk calculated automatically as likelihood × severity | Defensible, structured scoring for governors and senior leadership |
| Runs entirely in your browser; saves locally to your corporate systems | Zero cloud storage of sensitive pupil or financial data |
Start from a ready-made template
Admissions and registrar
Enquiries, international agent vetting, entrance exams, scholarship and bursary assessments.
Boarding and pastoral
Boarding house registers, guardian records, medical logs, dietary and allergy tracking, pastoral logs.
Development and alumni
Old scholar databases, fundraising campaigns, donor records, legacy tracking, events.
Bursary and commercial
Fee payments, direct debits, lettings of school facilities, commercial contracts, supplier due diligence.
...and more. 52 bespoke independent school templates.
Specialist Add-on DPIAs
Boarding & Pastoral DPIA
Opens for residential and pastoral tracking systems, covering 24/7 care monitoring and guardian communications.
International Admissions DPIA
Covers cross-border data flows, visa sponsorship documentation, and overseas agent compliance.
Bursary & Financial Assessment DPIA
Covers deep financial background checks, means-testing data, and credit reference agency checks.
Alumni Fundraising DPIA
Covers wealth screening, donor profiling, and direct marketing consent management under PECR.
Three steps from activity to signed-off DPIA
Pick an activity
Start from one of our templates, such as payroll, CCTV, school admissions or council tax. Your organisation profile fills in the systems, security and policies you use everywhere.
Answer the screening
Part 1 checks the legal triggers and tells you the route: no DPIA, a Short DPIA or a Full DPIA. Each question uses the data protection term, explains it in plain English and gives the law behind it.
Get your outputs
DPOHub calculates the risks, lists the actions, and produces your DPIA report, any add-on DPIAs and your ROPA row, ready for sign-off.
Your data never leaves your organisation
DPOHub DPIA runs entirely in your web browser. Nothing you type is sent to DPOHub or anyone else. You keep your work as project files in your own OneDrive or SharePoint.
- No accounts, no cookies, no analytics
- Optional password protection with strong (AES-256) encryption
- Licensed to your organisation and hosted by you
- Works in Edge, Chrome, Firefox and Safari, on desktop, tablet and phone
Frequently asked questions
Is this separate from the State Schools edition?
Yes. The Independent Schools edition includes specific modules for fee billing, bursaries, boarding, and alumni fundraising that do not apply to state-funded schools.
Does it help with ISI compliance?
Yes. Having structured, documented DPIAs for boarding, medical tracking, and safeguarding provides robust evidence for compliance and independent inspections.
Who should sign off independent school DPIAs?
Your Bursar or Head, alongside your DPO. If you have an external DPO, they can easily access the saved project files.
Is family financial data sent to DPOHub?
No. Everything stays strictly on your school's secure internal network or cloud storage.
Protect your pupils, families, and operations
Use our interactive checker to find out how the Independent Schools edition supports your bursary and compliance teams.
Advice only. DPOHub DPIA and its results are guidance, not legal advice. Every organisation and every situation can be different, so check the answers and results before you rely on them, and ask your DPO. If you have a DPO, they will access this. If you do not, DPOHub can help: contact consult@dpohub.co.uk
