What the demo gives you
When your school is set up on Signal, the demo automatically generates:- Demo students — sample student records with realistic profiles
- Demo staff — sample staff accounts for testing
- Academic years and classes — a school structure to explore
- Attendance records — sample attendance data for AI analysis
- Sample incidents — pre-created safeguarding incidents so you can see how the system works
- Categories — a standard set of incident categories (Attendance, Behaviour, Wellbeing, etc.)
- Agencies — common external agencies (CAMHS, Police, Social Care, etc.)
- Locations — default school locations (Classroom, Playground, Canteen)
- Working schedule — a standard Monday to Friday schedule
During the demo, MIS integration (Arbor) is disabled. It becomes available when you subscribe.
Exploring the demo
The demo is your opportunity to get to know Signal before going live. Here are some things to try:- Browse demo students — open student profiles to see how incidents, timelines, and documents are organised
- Create a test incident — try recording a safeguarding concern using the demo students
- Explore action plans — create and manage intervention plans with monitors
- Use the AI Assistant — ask questions about the demo data to see how AI analysis works
- Check Insights — view charts and reports built from the sample incidents
- Set up alert rules — configure automatic notifications to see how alerts work
- Invite colleagues — add staff with different roles (DSL, Admin, Viewer) so they can explore their own experience
Demo banner
While in demo mode, an amber banner appears at the top of the screen reminding you that the current data is sample data. This banner is visible to all staff and disappears when you subscribe.Moving to a subscription
When you are ready to go live with Signal, you can request a subscription from your school settings.Open your school settings
Go to Settings from the sidebar. You will see a Subscription section showing your current demo status.
Enter your student count
Tell us how many students are in your school. This helps us prepare your quote.
What happens when you subscribe
When your subscription is activated: Kept — your configuration is preserved:- Categories, locations, and agencies you set up or customised
- Working schedules
- Staff accounts and role assignments
- Alert rules and policies you uploaded
- Any other settings changes you made during the demo
- Demo students, staff, and academic years
- Demo incidents and attendance records
- Any test data you created during the demo
- MIS integration (Arbor) for syncing real student, staff, and attendance data
- Import from your previous safeguarding supplier (e.g. CPOMS)