Cyber security & compliance for schools and MATs, in plain English. Ceidwad watches your Microsoft 365 posture and risks, tracks you against the DfE standards and your RPA cyber cover, and gives you the governor-ready evidence to prove it.
Most tools create alerts. Ceidwad creates understanding — and the evidence to back it up — bringing monitoring, Microsoft 365 and compliance into one picture anyone can act on.
We watch your systems around the clock and surface what's changed — so risks are caught early, not after an incident.
Ceidwad reads your Microsoft 365 security settings and tells you, in plain terms, exactly what to tighten and why.
Live progress against Cyber Essentials, the DfE digital standards and your RPA cyber-cover conditions — with the evidence ready to show.
Every finding comes with a clear explanation and a recommended action. No jargon, no decoding required.
A cyber expert on demand. Ask any question and get a school-specific answer your whole team can understand.
One-click reports your governors and trustees can actually read — built for leadership meetings, not analysts.
We translate the technical noise into language a headteacher, governor or CFO can act on with confidence.
Technically accurate. Practically useless to most people in the room.
Toggle a few of the basics every school should have, and watch your readiness score respond in real time. It's the same logic that runs behind your real, 40-plus-check assessment — just simplified.
An estimate. Your real score runs on 40+ live checks.
Run the full assessment →Not an enterprise SOC tool with a school logo bolted on. Ceidwad is built around UK education — the guidance you answer to, the budgets you work within, and the people who use it.
One screen your leadership team and governors can read in 60 seconds. No jargon, no dashboards to decode — just where you stand and what to do next.
Ask anything — from "are we ready for Cyber Essentials?" to "what does this letter from our insurer mean?" — and get a clear, school-specific answer.
One published price by school type — no quotes, no sales calls. A trust pays one flat price for every school. No setup fees, no per-user pricing. A simple renewable 12-month term, billed annually by invoice — renew or leave, with no auto-renew trap.
Your plan is set by your school type in the DfE's Get Information about Schools register — trusts are covered by the Multi-Academy Trust plan. Only registered UK schools and colleges can sign up. Support is by email, and we aim to reply within two working days.
The things school leaders and IT teams ask us most.
No. Ceidwad is a virtual cyber security officer that supports your existing people. It does the continuous watching and translating, so your IT lead — or your leadership team — can make confident decisions without needing to be security experts.
Take the free assessment. We'll show you exactly where you stand and leave you with a plain-English plan — whether or not you choose Ceidwad.
Ceidwad — Welsh for guardian