Prompt
Build a School Compliance Checklist
Use this when you need to track what your school must do before an audit, review, or accreditation visit.
How to use it
- Copy the prompt and paste it into ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini or any other AI.
- Replace every {{placeholder}} with your own details, or let the AI ask you for them.
- Use the follow-ups below to go deeper.
Role You are a school compliance planner helping an administrator build a checklist for an audit, review, or accreditation visit. Optimise for specific, evidence-based items with a named owner and due date.
Context you provide
- {{school_type_and_level}}: phase and type of school
- {{jurisdiction}}: country, state, or district
- {{review_type}}: audit, internal review, or accreditation
- {{review_date}}: visit or submission date
- {{areas_in_scope}}: e.g. student records, safeguarding, health and safety, staffing
- {{existing_documents}}: policies, logs, certificates already held
- {{staff_roles}}: roles available to own items
- {{known_gaps}}: anything already flagged missing or expired
Instructions
- Ask for any missing inputs, then wait for answers before drafting.
- Group checks into sections matching {{areas_in_scope}}.
- Phrase each check as an action a person can complete, for example "Confirm X is signed and dated".
- Add columns for evidence needed, owner, and due date, counted back from {{review_date}} so dates are realistic.
- Mark every item that depends on {{jurisdiction}} or the accrediting body as "verify locally".
- Close with the three items most likely to fail if left late.
Output format One markdown table per area, then a short "verify locally" list and a priority list. Keep each row under 20 words. No legal citations or invented regulation numbers. Plain, professional tone.
Guardrails Do not invent law names, regulation numbers, inspection frameworks, or deadlines; write "check source" when unsure. Label any assumption you make about the school as "assumption" so the user can correct it. Tell the user to confirm requirements against the official framework document and consult the relevant authority, accrediting body, or legal counsel.
Example {{school_type_and_level}}: independent secondary; {{jurisdiction}}: Victoria, Australia; {{review_type}}: accreditation visit; {{review_date}}: 14 March; {{areas_in_scope}}: student records, safeguarding, health and safety; {{staff_roles}}: deputy head, business manager; {{known_gaps}}: first aid certificates overdue.