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If your software or services go into NZ schools, ST4S compliance is a contract requirement — not optional.

The Safer Technologies for Schools framework is embedded into NZ school procurement. If a school or education ministry has asked for your ST4S assessment, or if you are entering the NZ education market, this is what the process looks like.

What's involved

Safer Technologies for Schools (ST4S) is the NZ framework for assessing the safety and security of technology products used in schools. If you are an EdTech provider selling to NZ schools or education ministries, ST4S compliance is a procurement requirement — not a differentiator.

The framework assesses your product across privacy, security, and safety dimensions — with particular emphasis on how you handle student data, age-appropriate design, and content safety. NZ schools and the Ministry of Education use ST4S assessments to make and justify procurement decisions.

We assess your platform against the ST4S requirements, identify gaps, work with your team to remediate them, and produce the evidence pack that schools and ministries need to approve your product for use.

Deliverables

  • ST4S assessment against all applicable requirements
  • Gap analysis with remediation recommendations
  • Remediation support and verification
  • ST4S evidence pack for school procurement
  • Privacy Impact Assessment for student data handling
  • Ongoing compliance guidance as the framework evolves

Business benefits

  • Meet the ST4S requirement that is blocking your NZ school or ministry contract
  • Demonstrate genuine commitment to student safety and data protection
  • Evidence pack ready for NZ school and Ministry of Education procurement processes
  • Competitive advantage over EdTech providers who have not been assessed

Engagement process

AssessmentYour platform assessed against ST4S requirements across privacy, security, and safety dimensions.
Gap identificationGaps documented with clear remediation guidance prioritised by impact on compliance.
Remediation supportWork with your development and product teams to address identified gaps.
VerificationPost-remediation assessment confirms requirements are met.
Evidence packComplete evidence pack produced for school and department procurement processes.
Get ST4S-ready

A NZ school or education ministry is asking for your ST4S assessment?

Tell us about your platform and where you are in the sales process. We will walk you through what an ST4S assessment involves and how long it typically takes.

Get ST4S-ready

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We acknowledge and pay our respects to the Kaurna people, the traditional custodians of the ancestral lands on which we work. We acknowledge the deep feelings of attachment and relationship of the Kaurna people to country and we respect and value their past, present and ongoing connection to the land and cultural beliefs.

Kaurna Acknowledgement

We acknowledge and pay our respects to the Kaurna people, the traditional custodians of the ancestral lands on which we work. We acknowledge the deep feelings of attachment and relationship of the Kaurna people to country and we respect and value their past, present and ongoing connection to the land and cultural beliefs.