For schools · ages 5–14
Launch your character programme for free.
Earn Your Stripes is a complete whole-school character programme for every year group from 5 to 14. The platform, safeguarding pack and launch kit are all included from day one — your school only pays when pupils take part.
Free to launch · Safeguarding-first · Predictable budgeting
What you get on day one
A character programme that respects your time and budget.
Free to launch
No setup fee. Unlimited pupil records during pilot. The full programme runs from day one — nothing for your school to procure.
Safeguarding-first
DSL view, single-use third-party links, EXIF stripping, content moderation and a tamper-evident audit trail — built in, not bolted on.
Compliance included
Sample DPIA, GDPR documentation, KCSIE guidance, ICO Children’s Code self-assessment and UK data residency confirmation — ready for your DPO.
Light teacher workload
15–20 minutes a week clears a form tutor’s swipeable approval queue. Both schemes appear in one place.
Predictable budgeting
Buy an Active Pupil Pack in advance. You spend a place only when a pupil takes part — never for sign-ups or inactive accounts.
Outcomes you can show
Real recognition for sustained effort across kindness, consistency and capability — captured as evidence, not anecdote.
Everything you need, included
No setup fee. No procurement loop. No surprises.
Schools shouldn’t have to navigate procurement, write a DPIA from scratch or design a launch assembly to try a new character programme. Every school gets all of this for free.
Platform & workflows
- School account and administration portal
- Form teacher, parent and pupil accounts
- Activity tracking and evidence uploads
- Third-party verification workflow
- Form tutor approval workflow
- Safeguarding workflows and DSL view
- Full, tamper-evident audit trail
Safeguarding & compliance
Pre-built, so procurement doesn’t slow you down.
- Sample DPIA, ready for your DPO
- Data flow diagrams and sub-processor list
- KCSIE-aligned safeguarding documentation
- UK GDPR and ICO Children’s Code self-assessment
- UK data residency confirmation (Azure UK South)
School launch kit
Everything you need to roll it out next Monday.
- Launch assembly PowerPoint and script
- Teacher guide and roll-out checklist
- Parent information flyer and email templates
- Digital posters and social media graphics
- Drop-in copy for your school website
Getting started
Up and running this term.
Register your school
Sign up in minutes — no setup fee, no procurement battle. Your safeguarding pack and launch kit unlock immediately.
Add your pupils
Bulk-import with a CSV, or add classes by hand. Pupils are auto-sorted into Tiger Stripes or Earn Your Stripes by year group.
Invite families
Parents of under-13s get a secure magic link. Pupils aged 13+ sign in directly.
Run the launch assembly
Use the supplied PowerPoint, script and posters. Pupils start logging activity the same day — at no cost to your school.
Sign off in minutes a week
Form tutors clear a swipeable approval queue — both schemes in one place — in 15–20 minutes a week.
Pay only for active pupils
Your Active Pupil Pack only counts a place once a pupil shows meaningful participation. Sign-ups and inactive accounts are always free.
Predictable budgeting
You only pay when a pupil takes part.
A place is only spent when a pupil shows meaningful participation. Sign-ups, invitations and first-day exploration never cost anything. A place from your Active Pupil Pack is only spent once a pupil shows meaningful participation — and that place covers them across both schemes and every tier they earn.
See Active Pupil PacksWhat it changes for your school
Outcomes, not just outputs.
A genuine character culture, not a wall display
Children, parents and teachers earn Bronze, Silver and Gold together — a shared language for kindness, grit and capability that lasts beyond a single term.
Recognition for the pupils your other awards miss
The quiet child who looks after a younger sibling. The pupil who never wins a sports trophy but trains every week. Earn Your Stripes sees and recognises sustained, real-world effort.
Evidence the school can show — without extra teacher work
A tamper-evident audit trail of every approval, sign-off and earned tier. Useful for inspection conversations; invisible during a teaching day.