# Stay Together — Governance & Content Sign-Off

Use this before a school-specific version goes live.

## Purpose and ownership
- [ ] Named school/trust owner
- [ ] Named safeguarding reviewer
- [ ] Purpose of the check-in documented
- [ ] Intended pupil group documented
- [ ] Clear statement of what the tool does **not** do

## Safeguarding
- [ ] Safety-related responses identified
- [ ] Agreed response/escalation route documented
- [ ] Named trusted adults / teams are current
- [ ] Pupils are told clearly what happens after a disclosure
- [ ] The tool never implies that an automated system is replacing a safeguarding conversation
- [ ] Out-of-hours / immediate-danger wording is appropriate to the setting

## Data protection
- [ ] Data controller / processor roles understood
- [ ] Minimum necessary data agreed
- [ ] Access permissions agreed
- [ ] Retention period agreed
- [ ] Privacy information written in pupil-friendly language
- [ ] Data Protection Impact Assessment considered where required by the organisation
- [ ] No analytics or third-party tracking added without review

## Accessibility and inclusion
- [ ] Language reviewed for reading level
- [ ] Keyboard and touch use checked
- [ ] Colour is not the only way meaning is communicated
- [ ] AAC / symbol / signing adaptations considered
- [ ] Sensory and SEND accessibility reviewed
- [ ] Primary and secondary language variants reviewed separately

## Content quality
- [ ] Pupil co-design completed
- [ ] Staff review completed
- [ ] Safeguarding review completed
- [ ] Local support routes checked
- [ ] Final version/date recorded
- [ ] Review date scheduled

## Sign-off
**School / Trust:**  
**Version:**  
**Reviewed by:**  
**Role:**  
**Date:**  
**Next review:**