One system that handles progress tracking, safeguarding, qualifications, and resources — built from the ground up for UK Alternative Provision. Your staff focus on the young people. Arena handles the rest. Clinical-grade education management infrastructure for UK Alternative Provision. Performance, welfare and curriculum — unified under one sovereign platform.
Three tools that work together so your team spends more time with young people and less time fighting systems.
Daily registers, qualification tracking, and intervention records — all connected. No more chasing spreadsheets before an Ofsted visit.
A secure digital welfare file your DSL actually wants to use. Everything logged, time-stamped, and defensible — whenever it’s needed.
Track equipment, manage vocational programmes, and prove that what happens in your workshops translates to real qualifications and real futures.
Not a mainstream school system stretched to fit. Not a generic safeguarding tool bolted together. Built from day one for Alternative Provision. Not adapted. Not repurposed. Designed from day one for the realities of Alternative Provision.
Everything is stored in your own Google Drive. We build the tools and provide the engine — but your students’ records and welfare files live in your system, not ours. Arena Hub cannot access your school’s data. Your welfare data stays under DSL control. No third-party access. No cloud-first compromise. The Arena Hub cannot read your clinical records.
Arena uses AI to help write letters, spot welfare patterns, and flag concerns early. But your staff are always in charge. Every AI action is logged, transparent, and reversible. Human teachers and AI agents are treated identically within your ecosystem. Evidence assessment, letter drafting, NODE correlation — all transparent and auditable.
Arena runs on Google Workspace, which your team already uses. No new logins to remember, no new systems to train up on. Most schools are up and running within an hour of receiving their link. Google Workspace backbone with Cloud Run orchestration. No new logins for your team. Deploys into your existing environment in under an hour.
Welfare records, clinical settings, and admin actions all require a second verification step before changes can be made. Security that’s built in from day one — not bolted on as an afterthought. Clinical threshold changes, welfare data access, and admin actions are all protected by two-factor authentication — built in, not bolted on.
Whether you run a single AP unit or sit across a Local Authority portfolio, Arena is built to scale from the ground up. Add sites, add teams, expand provision — without starting over. Designed for multi-site deployment and Local Authority partnership from the ground up. Roll out across your entire portfolio of schools.
Three clearly priced tiers, with every feature individually switchable. You’re not buying a system packed with things you’ll never use — you get exactly what fits your school. Enterprise, Professional, and Foundations tiers — every feature flag individually controlled so your deployment matches your school’s exact needs.
Our thinking on Alternative Provision, student welfare, and what better looks like for the young people who need it most. Our latest thinking on Alternative Provision, statutory data, and the future of education.
Low risk. Grant-eligible. Fully credited. Try Arena in your school for 6 weeks before committing — with a weekly 30-minute check-in throughout. Priced at £495 (mappable to DfE EdTech Testbed or High Needs Block funding — effectively free to most schools). At the end of 6 weeks, you receive a full Impact Presentation for Governors or your LA, built from real data. The £495 is fully credited against Year 1 of your licence if you go ahead. Pilots open week commencing 30th March 2026. The Founding Partner Pilot — Diagnostic Wedge Entry. A 6-week Forensic Audit & 48-Hour Outcome Map deployed within the school’s existing Google Workspace. One-time Diagnostic Fee: £495 — pre-qualified for DfE EdTech Testbed / High Needs Block funding streams. Includes weekly 30-minute clinical check-in. Concludes with a final Impact Presentation for Governors / LA. 100% of the £495 Diagnostic Fee is credited toward Year 1 Contract on conversion. Pilot window opens w/c 30th March 2026.
⭐ Founding Partner: first 5 sites receive a 25% lifetime discount on all fees.
⭐ Founding LA Opportunity: first 3 Local Authorities receive a permanent seat on the Advisory Circle — shaping the platform’s future.
Pilot window opens w/c 30th March 2026. Annual licence fees — no per-pupil charges, no hidden costs. 24-month contracts aligned to the 2026 SEND Reform long-term outcomes requirement.
