News & Updates

eGOV Solutions has secured its continued place on the G-Cloud 15 framework, reinforcing our position as a specialist provider of technology for Virtual Schools and services supporting vulnerable children.

Through eGOV Cloud, Virtual Schools benefit from a comprehensive solution for managing Personal Education Plans (PEPs), attendance, attainment and education information for children educated both within and outside their local authority.

An enhanced service, powered by AI

Our platform brings together the tools Virtual Schools need to work more efficiently, improve oversight and support better educational outcomes, including:

• AI-assisted PEP sign-off and quality assurance, helping teams save time, identify gaps and apply consistent standards.
• Manual and automated attendance collection, supporting regular contact with schools and education providers.
• Attendance and attainment HUB monitoring, helping Virtual Schools identify concerns and take action sooner.
• Secure reporting and management information, providing a clearer picture of each child's educational progress.

By combining specialist functionality with AI-assisted processes, eGOV Cloud helps Virtual Schools streamline administrative tasks, improve consistency and use their resources better.

A recognised leader in security, quality and resilience.

eGOV Solutions is listed on the G-Cloud 15 framework as the only supplier listed in our specialist Virtual School marketplace with both (independently accredited ISO 27001 together with Cyber Essentials Plus), alongside ISO 9001 Quality Management accreditation.

This combination of independently recognised standards demonstrates our commitment to information security, cyber resilience and consistently high service quality.

For Local Authorities, this means choosing a specialist Virtual School technology provider that places security, quality and resilience at the heart of its service, while continuing to invest in AI-driven innovation and delivering value for money.

Security, quality, resilience and innovation — without paying more than you need to.

Considering a change of supplier? Discover what more you could achieve.

If your Virtual School is reviewing its current supplier, considering a move or simply looking for better value for money, now is an excellent opportunity to explore what eGOV Cloud could offer.

You may be pleasantly surprised by how much you could save — and how much more your Virtual School could gain.

Our competitive pricing offers Local Authorities the opportunity to make considerable savings while moving to an enhanced service with AI-assisted quality assurance, streamlined processes and specialist functionality designed around Virtual School needs.

By using technology to reduce administrative effort, improve consistency and make information more accessible, we aim to help Virtual Schools get more from their budgets without compromising security, quality or specialist support.

Take advantage of our no-obligation cost and capability comparison

Are you getting the best value from your current Virtual School system?

We invite Virtual Schools and Local Authorities to take advantage of a no-obligation cost and capability comparison with eGOV Cloud.

We will help you explore how your current provision compares with our solution, looking at:

• Costs and potential savings — understand how your current expenditure compares with our competitive pricing.
• Features and functionality — identify additional capabilities that could be available to your Virtual School, including AI-assisted PEP quality assurance.
• Efficiency and performance — explore opportunities to reduce administrative workloads, improve consistency and make better use of your team's time.
• Security and accreditation — compare the standards and assurances available to support your Local Authority's requirements.

The aim is simple: to help you understand whether you could achieve more functionality, an enhanced service and considerable cost savings by switching to eGOV Cloud. There is no obligation to switch. Just an opportunity to review your current arrangements, understand the alternatives and make an informed decision about the best solution for your Virtual School.

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Interested in finding out how much your Virtual School could save?

Contact eGOV Solutions today to arrange your cost and capability comparison and discover the potential savings, additional features and service improvements available to your Virtual School comparison@egov.uk.com or call 0333 772 0944.

Better technology. Enhanced services. Smarter use of public funds.

“eGOV Cloud combines AI-assisted PEP quality assurance, attendance collection, robust security and competitive pricing in one 360 comprehensive solution. 

We want Virtual Schools to benefit from enhanced technology that improves performance, reduces administrative burdens and makes better use of limited budgets. 

As we look ahead to the return of the academic year, we are excited about what the year ahead can bring for Virtual Schools, Virtual School Heads, Designated Teachers, social care professionals, education teams and, most importantly, the children and young people they support.

The needs of vulnerable children are complex. Supporting them effectively requires good professional judgement, timely intervention, accurate information and a clear understanding of the whole cohort. Yet, too often, professionals are required to spend valuable time bringing information together, checking records, completing repetitive administrative tasks and manually identifying patterns that technology can help surface much more quickly.

This is where eGOV Cloud is making a difference.

Using AI to give professionals more time to do what matters

We are continuing to develop AI technology within eGOV Cloud to support Virtual Schools in working more efficiently, while keeping professional expertise and human decision‑making firmly at the centre.

Our approach is simple technology should enhance professional practice.

AI and automation can take on many of the manual, repetitive and labour‑intensive activities that consume valuable professional time. Information can be brought together, structured, analysed and presented in ways that would be extremely difficult to achieve manually across an entire cohort.

This means professionals can spend less time searching, collating and processing information — and more time understanding individual children, working with schools and partners, planning meaningful interventions and making the decisions that require professional experience.

From information to early identification

One of the greatest strengths of the platform is its ability to provide a more holistic overview of the Virtual School cohort.

Rather than looking at information in isolation, eGOV Cloud can help bring together the different elements of a child's educational journey and highlight areas that may require attention. Our enhanced ePEP (electronic Personal Education Plan) brings together longitudinal PEP records with school attainment, attendance and intervention activity into a single, accessible view — and our automatic attendance collection service streams daily attendance data into the platform to ensure records are current without manual entry.

Automatic PEP sign‑off — setting the golden standard.

We are launching our latest development: the automatic PEP sign‑off facility. This feature uses advanced AI checks and configurable quality rules to validate PEP completion against your authority’s golden standards, surface missing or inconsistent information, and, where defined by policy, allow automated sign‑off workflows once all quality gates are satisfied.

- Quality at scale ensures consistent, high‑quality PEP completion across the cohort. 

- Time released: frees hundreds of hours of administrative work for a typical authority, returning professional time to direct support. 

- Confidence and capacity: gives Virtual School leaders confidence in the integrity of PEPs and the potential to expand strategic duties and proactive support. 

- Configurable and accountable: authorities control the sign‑off criteria, audit trails and escalation paths so human oversight remains central.

Combined with advanced AI reporting, the automatic sign‑off facility is a game‑changing efficiency that lets Virtual School teams focus on what matters most: children.

Supporting targeted provision and funding

Virtual Schools have an important responsibility to ensure that resources are directed where they can make the greatest difference.

By combining structured information, automation and intelligent analysis, eGOV Cloud helps professionals understand where needs are emerging and where provision or funding may need to be considered. Our AI‑driven reports translate data into actionable insight — answering not just “what information do we have?” but “what does the information tell us, what should we do about it, and has it made a difference?”

That shift supports both operational delivery and strategic planning.

Safeguarding data and localised data containment

Our AI approach is designed around responsible, localised data control. All pupil and cohort data used for automated analysis and reporting are contained within a localised data‑lake environment hosted within the authority’s eGOV Cloud tenancy, ensuring no external exposure or third‑party use. Processing is carried out within that contained environment so AI models operate on the authority’s data only, with strict access controls, audit logs and encryption at rest and in transit. This architecture preserves the benefits of intelligent analysis while maintaining data sovereignty and minimising the risk of external data access.

Saving professional time and reducing cost

Manual administration has a real financial cost.

Every hour spent searching for information, transferring data between systems, preparing reports, checking records or completing repetitive tasks is an hour that could otherwise be spent on professional activity.

Automation allows many of these processes to happen in the background. The precise saving will vary between authorities depending on cohort size, existing processes and staffing arrangements; the value comes from measuring current manual effort and comparing it with the automated workflows available through eGOV Cloud. Even small time savings per record translate into substantial hours returned to the service across hundreds or thousands of records each year.

AI does not replace the professional judgement of the Virtual School. This is perhaps the most important point.

AI is not being introduced to replace people, it is being introduced to give people better tools.

A Virtual School professional brings experience, empathy, relationships, context and an understanding of the individual child that technology cannot replicate.

What technology can do is process vast amounts of structured information consistently and quickly, helping professionals see things that may otherwise take significant time to identify. The platform can highlight information, patterns, gaps, risks and opportunities — the professional decides what it means.

That creates a safer and more effective model of technology‑enabled practice: technology provides the intelligence and consistency; professionals provide the interpretation, judgement and human response.

September also brings the launch of our new powerful Virtual School CRM — and wider service coverage.

Authorities moving to eGOV Cloud take full advantage of our Virtual School CRM, which provides a central environment for managing relationships, activity, communication, interventions and the wider work of the Virtual School. Combined with the platform’s automation, automatic PEP sign‑off and AI reporting, teams gain a connected, real‑time view of the child and cohorts.

Our platform also supports related statutory and practice workflows, including:

- CIN PEP (Children in Need PEP) workflows and record management. 

- Enhanced ePEP for looked‑after children, integrating education, attendance and intervention histories. 

- Electronic Education, Health and Care Plan (EHCP) management — enabling secure storage, versioning, multi‑agency collaboration, and reporting against outcomes.

These services are designed to record what has happened, help professionals understand what is happening now, and indicate where action could make the greatest difference.

Authorities going live and a positive start to the academic year

Over the summer, a number of authorities have chosen to move to eGOV Cloud, with services going live in September and taking immediate advantage of the enhanced ePEP, automatic attendance collection, automatic PEP sign‑off and advanced AI reporting capabilities described above. We are delighted to welcome these authorities and look forward to working alongside their teams as they begin to realise the benefits of a more connected, automated and intelligent approach.

Our ambition is clear:

Give Virtual Schools the technology to see more, understand more and act earlier — while giving professionals more time to do the work that technology can never replace.

As the use of AI and automation develops, we will continue to focus on responsible implementation, practical value and, above all, positive outcomes for children.

Technology should never replace the human being at the heart of the decision. It should give that person better information, more time and better tools to make the right decision.

That is the future we are building with eGOV Cloud.

Visit our website at www.egovcloud.com or contact 0333 772 0944 to book a demonstration with a member of our team.

Egov Solutions today announced that its egovcloud.com platform is delivering near‑100% daily attendance visibility for pupils in Alternative Provision (AP) and other vulnerable cohorts by combining a strengthened hybrid model with hands‑on support and advanced analytics.

Solving the AP attendance gap — and making it affordable.

Small AP providers and specialist settings often can’t integrate with mainstream MIS, creating a persistent attendance blind spot for Virtual Schools and Local Authorities. egovcloud.com closes that gap by using automated feeds where available, supported by a dedicated assisted‑support team who contact providers by phone and email to capture missing registers and resolve the technical or process issues that block data sharing.

Because egovcloud.com is built as a single, scalable platform for Virtual Schools, it reduces per‑pupil and per‑authority costs — making daily attendance tracking affordable for expanding cohorts of vulnerable learners. Authorities adopting egovcloud.com report substantial savings compared with fragmented legacy systems, enabling them to extend coverage to more children without unsustainable budgets.

Assisted support that fixes root causes, not just symptoms.

Egov’s engagement specialists do more than chase absent marks: they diagnose connectivity faults, implement secure data transfer methods, advise on lawful data‑sharing, and help schools align internal processes so attendance flows automatically over time. This hands‑on approach reduces repeat issues and shortens onboarding for small providers.

Security and trust with schools.

To reassure cautious schools and meet sector standards, egovcloud.com operates with independent security accreditation ISO/IEC 27001 certification, and clear documentation on data protection and lawful processing. Those credentials have been key to convincing hesitant providers to participate.

A unified daily view for every vulnerable child on the platform.

egovcloud.com consolidates daily attendance and movement data across:

• School‑arranged and LA‑funded Alternative Provision
• Pupils with identified SEND and those named in EHCPs
• Children in care, children with a social worker, and children on the periphery of care.

This single source of truth gives Virtual Schools and Local Authorities earlier safeguarding indicators and a complete picture for education planning and intervention.

AI‑driven early warning and trusted analytics.

Egov’s analytics team provides daily dashboards and reports tailored for Virtual Schools. AI models run on these datasets to detect emerging patterns of disengagement and non‑attendance risk, enabling timely outreach and preventative action before absences escalate.

Scaling to meet demand ahead of the new term.

Egov Solutions has expanded its onboarding and support teams over the summer to accommodate record numbers of authority migrations from other providers. Several large authorities are scheduled to move to egovcloud.com ahead of September 2026 to secure immediate, holistic attendance oversight for their most vulnerable pupils.

Early impact

• Multiple adopters report near‑100% daily visibility across AP and vulnerable cohorts.
• Reduced time to intervention and improved safeguarding responsiveness.
• Lower per‑authority costs, enabling broader coverage for more children.
• Fewer technical barriers to data sharing and faster onboarding of small providers.

Egov Solutions built eGOV Cloud so Local Authorities can afford universal daily attendance visibility by combining automated feeds, hands‑on support, and AI‑driven alerts for reliable, scalable oversight.

Next steps

Virtual Schools and Local Authorities interested in piloting egovcloud.com or arranging technical readiness checks ahead of September 2026 can visit https://egovcloud.com or contact Egov Solutions for onboarding details.

The way Virtual Schools collect and manage attendance information is changing.

Across England, more Local Authorities are moving away from labour-intensive manual attendance collection and legacy provider solutions, placing their trust in secure technology, automation and accurate daily data to support Children in Care and other vulnerable cohorts.

At eGOV Solutions, we are proud to be at the forefront of this transformation.

Growing confidence across the sector

We are delighted to welcome an increasing number of Local Authorities that have recently transitioned from other attendance providers to eGOV Solutions. These organisations have recognised the advantages of a modern, automated attendance platform that delivers greater accuracy, improved performance and a significantly more efficient way of gathering daily attendance information. The feedback has been consistent—teams are spending less time chasing attendance data and more time supporting the children and young people who need their expertise.

Delivering measurable benefits

Authorities using eGOV Solutions are experiencing:

• Improved accuracy through automated attendance collection.
• Faster access to daily attendance information.
• Reduced dependence on manual phone calls and emails for attendance returns.
• Greater confidence in the quality and consistency of attendance data.
• Reduced administrative workload for both Local Authorities and schools.
• Financial savings through more efficient processes and reduced operational overheads.
• More time and resources available to focus on supporting children and improving educational outcomes.

Integrated with the UK's leading MIS platforms

Our secure Wonde/eGOV Cloud API enables seamless daily collection of attendance and enrichment data from the leading Management Information Systems used across schools, including:

• Arbor
• Bromcom
• SIMS

As schools increasingly embrace automated attendance sharing and self-service management—including updating attendance outside normal office hours—Virtual Schools benefit from receiving timely, accurate information without adding to school workloads.

Supporting schools—not chasing data

While automation does the heavy lifting, we recognise that technology occasionally requires support. Unlike traditional attendance collection services that rely on telephone calls to obtain attendance information, our team uses school contact proactively to identify and resolve any issues that may prevent automated data collection from operating successfully.

Whether it's helping schools reconnect their Management Information System, resolving API permissions or diagnosing technical issues, our focus is on restoring secure electronic data collection as quickly as possible. This approach reflects the direction schools themselves are taking. Increasingly, schools prefer secure automated data sharing over providing sensitive attendance information by telephone, reducing administrative burden while strengthening information security and data quality.

Supporting earlier intervention

Having reliable attendance information every day allows Virtual Schools to identify emerging concerns sooner, prioritise interventions more effectively and strengthen partnership working with schools and carers. Automation removes repetitive administrative tasks, enabling teams to concentrate on making a meaningful difference to the lives of children and young people.

Looking ahead

The momentum behind digital attendance management continues to grow, with more Local Authorities recognising that automation is not only improving operational performance but also delivering better value for money. By reducing administrative costs, increasing accuracy and providing timely access to attendance information, eGOV Solutions is helping Virtual Schools make the best possible use of their resources while enhancing the support they provide to children in their care.

If your authority is reviewing its current attendance solution or considering moving away from manual processes or another provider, we'd be pleased to demonstrate how eGOV Solutions can help your team achieve greater efficiency, improved data quality and long-term financial savings.

See eGOV Cloud in action

Discover how eGOV Cloud's AI-powered PEP Quality Assurance and Auto Sign-Off functionality is helping Virtual Schools improve consistency, save valuable time and strengthen support for vulnerable children. We would also be pleased to demonstrate how our automated attendance collection, combined with proactive technical support for schools, delivers a secure, efficient and future-ready approach to attendance management.

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eGOVCloud: Transforming PEP Quality Assurance While Keeping Children at the Centre.

Personal Education Plans are far more than a statutory requirement; they are often among the most important tools available to help children in care achieve their potential. Bringing together schools, carers, social workers, designated teachers and Virtual School professionals around a shared understanding of a child's strengths, challenges, aspirations and support needs.

When a PEP is meaningful, ambitious and focused on outcomes, it can have a real and lasting impact on a child's educational journey. However, as Virtual Schools continue to support growing numbers of children across increasingly complex cohorts, maintaining the same level of oversight and quality across every PEP becomes more challenging. Many teams are now responsible for monitoring hundreds, and sometimes thousands, of children educated across maintained schools, academies, alternative provisions, independent settings and out-of-county placements.

Every child deserves a high-quality plan, every target should be purposeful, every intervention should make a difference, and every pound of Pupil Premium Plus funding should be used effectively to support better outcomes. The challenge is that reviewing and quality-assuring every PEP can take a significant amount of professional time.

Time that could otherwise be spent working directly with schools, supporting vulnerable children, challenging poor outcomes or intervening where additional support is needed most.

Introducing eGOVCloud's AI-Powered PEP Quality Assurance and Auto Sign-Off

At eGov Solutions, we've listened carefully to Virtual School teams and understand the increasing pressures they face.

That's why we've developed our AI-powered Quality Assurance and Auto Sign-Off capability to support, not replace, professional judgment.

Using a Virtual School's own quality standards and expectations, eGOVCloud automatically reviews completed PEPs and assesses them against an agreed framework. The system can identify missing information, highlight areas requiring further attention and recognise plans that meet the required quality threshold for approval. The result is a more consistent, efficient and scalable approach to quality assurance that helps Virtual Schools maintain high standards while freeing up valuable professional time.

Creating consistency across every school and every setting is one of the biggest challenges many Virtual Schools face. Schools have different levels of experience with the PEP process due to staff changes. Expectations can be interpreted differently; as a result, the quality of plans can vary considerably. eGOVCloud helps address this by applying the same agreed quality framework to every PEP submitted, regardless of which school or provider completes it.

The eGOVCloud platform can assess the completion of required information.

1. Checks quality and clarity of educational targets, intended outcomes and measures of success.
2. Evidence of the child's voice and participation.
3. Planned interventions and support strategies.
4. Accountability for actions. Appropriate use of Pupil Premium Plus funding.
5. Compliance with local authority expectations.

This helps create a consistent "Gold Standard" approach across all schools and providers, giving Virtual Schools greater confidence in the quality of every plan.

Many Virtual Schools support children who are educated outside their home authority, and these placements can often present additional challenges. Relationships may be harder to maintain, processes may vary between providers, visibility can be reduced, yet the expectations for educational support remain the same.

Every child deserves a high-quality plan regardless of where they attend school. eGOVCloud helps ensure consistency by applying the same quality assurance standards to every PEP, whether a child is educated locally or in an out-of-county placement. This gives Virtual School teams confidence that all children are receiving the same level of educational planning, challenge and support, wherever they are, giving professionals more time to make a difference.

Perhaps the greatest benefit of AI-powered quality assurance is not the technology itself, but the time it gives back to professionals.

Virtual School teams bring enormous expertise, experience and commitment to their roles. Their greatest value lies in building relationships, challenging barriers, advocating for children and helping schools improve outcomes. Those skills are too important to be consumed by repetitive administrative checking.

By automating routine quality assurance tasks, eGOVCloud helps reduce the time spent reviewing individual PEPs.

1. Speeds up approval processes.
2. Improves consistency across large cohorts.
3. Reduces administrative workload.
4. Supports growing responsibilities without increasing pressure on staff.
5. Enables professionals to focus on children who need additional support and intervention.

For many Virtual Schools, this can save hours of valuable staff time every term while maintaining and often improving the quality of PEPs being submitted.

Supporting professional judgement, not replacing it.

Artificial Intelligence should never replace the expertise and insight of experienced professionals; instead, it should help them work more effectively.

eGOVCloud's AI capability is designed to support decision-making by identifying strengths, omissions, inconsistencies and areas that may require further attention.

High-quality plans can move through the approval process more efficiently and plans that require additional scrutiny can be highlighted for professional review. This creates a smarter, risk-based approach that allows teams to focus their attention where it is needed most. Better quality and greater consistency produce better outcomes. ultimately.

The purpose of a PEP is not compliance; it is about helping Vulnerable Children succeed.

By combining intelligent automation with professional oversight, eGOVCloud helps Virtual Schools improve the quality of PEPs by applying consistent standards across all schools and providers and maintain oversight of out-of-county placements.

Whilst saving valuable staff time and strengthening accountability, we are helping to demonstrate impact more effectively. This supports Virtual Schools to grow cohorts with confidence, and most importantly, it helps ensure that every child benefits from a meaningful, high-quality educational plan designed to support their individual needs and aspirations.

Because when professionals have more time to focus on children, better outcomes follow.

To see eGOVCloud in Action: To learn how eGOVCloud's AI-powered PEP Quality Assurance and Auto Sign-Off facility is helping Virtual Schools improve consistency, save valuable time and strengthen support for Vulnerable Children, contact our team today. 📧 support@egov.uk.com 📞 0333 772 0944

We are extremely proud at the response to yesterday‘s eNAG conference (ePEP national Advisory Group) where we launched the total 360° solution for Virtual Schools (eGOVCloud.com) for all cohorts of Vulnerable Children. Including Attendance collection for CIC, CP, EHCP and SEN using AI technology. The conference was well attended by Virtual Schools and SEN departments who provided overwhelming positive feedback towards our new products. Please register your Intrest if you would like to learn more about this day.

Open Invitation to all Virtual Schools: ePEP National Advisory Group (eNAG) Online Webinar Date: Wednesday, 3rd June 2026 Time: 10:00 AM – 2:00 PM Location: Online via Webinar. We are pleased to extend an open invitation to all Virtual Schools and Local Authorities to join our upcoming eNAG (ePEP National Advisory Group) meeting. As the landscape of education and social care continues to evolve, our platform remains committed to providing the "Gold Standard" in secure, efficient, and intuitive tools for monitoring the educational outcomes of vulnerable children.

This session is a dedicated space for professionals to explore our latest platform enhancements designed to support all cohorts of children with a focus on simplicity, speed, and technical precision. Why Attend? Feature Deep Dive: Get a first look at new tools specifically developed to streamline attendance collection and tracking. Support for All Cohorts of Children:

Discover how our latest updates extend support across diverse groups of vulnerable children to ensure no one falls through the cracks. Security & Compliance: Learn how our recent ISO 27001 and ISO 9001 accreditations translate into enhanced data protection for your authority. Collaborative Feedback: Engage with the eGOV team and peers to share insights that shape the future of the ePEP platform. Register Your Interest To confirm your attendance and receive the webinar link, please register by emailing: 📩 register@egov.uk.com. We look forward to seeing you there and working together to improve outcomes for every child.

We're excited to announce the latest version of eGOV Cloud with AI-powered progress tracking and real-time reporting. This new platform brings significant improvements to how Virtual Schools manage vulnerable children's education.

Our hybrid attendance collection service continues to deliver exceptional results across 150+ local authorities. The combination of automated MIS integration, independent verification, and dedicated support teams ensures accurate data collection for all vulnerable cohorts.