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Pupil Protect vs InVentry
InVentry is a widely used sign-in system for schools, covering visitors, staff and pupils. Visitors in Pupil Protect covers visitors and adults collecting pupils, with staff and pupil sign-in coming soon, and links what reception sees to your safeguarding records.
The main differences are in who signs in, how the watch list works, and how each product connects to the rest of your safeguarding.
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| What you need | Pupil Protect | InVentry |
|---|---|---|
| Who signs in | Visitors, contractors, supply staff, volunteers, governors, inspectors and other professionals, and adults collecting a pupil. Pre-registered visitors type the 6-character code from their email. Coming soon: staff and pupil sign-in, QR codes, PIN, ID cards, ID scanning and document upload. | Visitors, staff, pupils and contractors. Late marks for pupils are written back to the MIS. |
| Safeguarding briefing | Visitors read your safeguarding message and see who your DSL is before their badge prints. | Not stated publicly. |
| Expected visits | A pre-registration link lets visitors add their own details and photo. At the kiosk they type the 6-character code from their email, and their badge prints. Supply staff, volunteers and governors missing from the single central record are flagged. Coming soon: scanning the code instead of typing it. | Not stated publicly. |
| Watch list | Your DSL, deputy DSL or head adds people who mustn't be admitted or collect a named pupil, and sign-ins are also checked against pupils' "no contact" contacts. On a match, no badge prints and the visitor is asked to take a seat. Reception sees what to do, and the DSL, deputy DSL and head are alerted. | Safeguarding and medical flags on pupil records. |
| Collecting a pupil | Adults collecting a pupil sign in at the kiosk, if you switch it on, and are checked against the watch list and the pupil's "no contact" contacts. Late pupils are in the Safeguard register. | Early sign-out with a photo of the adult collecting. |
| Fire roll call | On your phone at the assembly point, shared live with everyone who has it open. It opens on the people not yet seen, and the missing count is logged when you finish. | RollCall and the Anywhere App. |
| Checks on adults | Reception sees the checks each expected visitor needs, such as DBS seen or agency confirmation, and the badge turns green once DBS is seen. Supply staff, volunteers and governors missing from the single central record in Staff are flagged. | A DBS checker. Details aren't published. |
| Door access | None. | Paxton, Salto, Almas Industries and Suprema. |
| Where data is kept | UK data centres. | Stored on site, with access through InVentry Cloud. Location not stated. |
| Certification | None yet. We're working towards certification. | States it is ISO 9001 and ISO 27001 accredited. |
| Price | Published on our pricing page, per school per year, excluding VAT. One price includes Visitors and every other Pupil Protect product. | Not published. A 30-day money-back guarantee is offered. |
“Not stated publicly” means we couldn’t find it on InVentry’s website. It may still be available, so ask them. If anything here is wrong or out of date, email sales@pupilprotect.co.uk and we’ll correct it.
When InVentry may suit you better
No system is right for every school. These are fair reasons to choose InVentry.
- You want late marks written back to your MIS.
- You want sign-in linked to your door access system.
- You only want visitor management, without a safeguarding records system.
- You want a supplier that also serves businesses and other sites outside education.
Moving from InVentry
We bring your records across and your DSL checks them before anything goes live.
Can we keep our visitor history?
InVentry says its system can report on and export data, so export your visitor log for the period you need to keep. Coming soon: importing visitor history into Pupil Protect.
What hardware do we need?
Any tablet with a web browser, paired with a 6-digit code, so an InVentry tablet can be reused if it runs a modern browser. Badges print through the browser to any printer the tablet can print to. Run the browser in kiosk mode with silent printing switched on to skip the print dialog.
What about our list of people who mustn't be admitted?
Your DSL adds them to the Visitors watch list before go-live. By default, only the DSL, deputy DSL and headteacher can see and change it.
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