Comprehensive Complaints Management Features for UK Schools

Everything you need to handle complaints efficiently, maintain compliance, and support your school community

AI-Powered Automation

Companion uses artificial intelligence to streamline your complaint handling process. Automatically categorise complaints, suggest responses based on your policies, and generate investigation summaries. Our AI learns from your school's approach to help you respond faster and more consistently.

  • Automatic complaint categorisation and priority assignment
  • AI-assisted response drafting based on school policies
  • Intelligent task creation and assignment
  • Pattern detection across similar complaints

Complete Case Management

Track every complaint from initial report to final resolution. Companion's case management system provides a complete audit trail, customisable workflow stages, and comprehensive documentation for governance and compliance requirements.

  • Customisable complaint stages (triage, investigation, resolution)
  • Multiple people roles (reporter, subject, witness)
  • Complete audit trail with timestamped history
  • Attachment management for evidence and documents

Seamless Email Integration

Never miss a complaint. Companion automatically processes inbound emails, creates cases, and maintains a complete communication history. Reply directly from the platform and keep all correspondence organised in one place.

  • Automatic email-to-case conversion
  • Pattern matching for case assignment (e.g., [CASE-123])
  • Complete email thread history
  • Two-way email communication from the platform

GDPR Compliant & Secure

Built with UK data protection regulations in mind. Role-based access control ensures only authorised staff can view sensitive information. Complete audit trails provide accountability, and secure data handling keeps your school community's information protected.

  • Role-based access control for data protection
  • Complete audit trail for accountability
  • Secure data storage and transmission
  • Data retention policy management

Reporting & Analytics

Make data-driven decisions with comprehensive reporting. Track complaint trends, identify recurring issues, monitor response times, and demonstrate governance effectiveness to stakeholders and Ofsted.

  • Customisable dashboards for different roles
  • Trend analysis and pattern detection
  • Response time and resolution tracking
  • Export reports for governors and trustees

Multi-Academy Trust Support

Perfect for MATs managing multiple schools. Centralise complaint oversight whilst maintaining school-level autonomy. Standardise policies and processes across your trust for consistency and efficiency.

  • Cross-school reporting and analytics
  • Unified policy management
  • School-level and trust-level access
  • Consolidated governance reporting

Team Collaboration

Enable seamless collaboration between staff, governors, and external agencies. Assign tasks, share updates, and maintain clear communication throughout the complaint resolution process.

  • Task assignment and tracking
  • Internal notes and team communication
  • Real-time notifications and updates
  • External agency collaboration

Fully Customisable

Adapt Companion to match your school's unique processes. Customise workflow stages, configure notification preferences, define user roles, and tailor the system to work exactly how your school needs it to.

  • Custom complaint workflow stages
  • Configurable notification rules
  • Custom user roles and permissions
  • Flexible data fields and categories

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