Helping an independent school prepare for a disruptive event

15 October 2024

Our Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) team were contacted by a broker in response to a request for support from an independent day school for girls, aged 11-18, situated in the South East of England.

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They were struggling with their existing Business Continuity Plan and didn’t feel it was fit for purpose should a significant disruption occur. The plan was confusing, there were elements that were unclear, staff were struggling to use the plan, and it was incomplete and out-of-date.

Step-by-step support package

Ecclesiastical’s specialist ERM Consultants responded with a support package which included a Business Continuity Management (BCM) workshop to help the Senior Leadership team build confidence and understanding, along with the development of a new Business Continuity Plan using a more simplified, tried and tested approach.

BCM workshop

Two ERM Consultants from Ecclesiastical went on site to facilitate a BCM Workshop with the Senior Leadership team which focused on: Developing their knowledge and understanding of Business Continuity Management and how the new Business Continuity Plan would work in practice Guiding the school in undertaking a Business Impact Analysis to identify Critical Services, response Strategies and Action Plans which would formulate the foundation of the Business Continuity Plan.

How did this help the independent school?

The new plan is up-to-date, easy to use and follow should an incident occur. The Senior Leadership team felt confident that the plan was based on credible scenarios and the school would now be in a position to effectively respond, keep critical services going during a disruption and recover to normal operations as soon as possible.
What you covered in 3 hours would have taken us months! Thank you for all your support. We definitely feel more confident with our plan.

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