About Social Scanner

We exist to make safer recruitment effortless for schools.

Social Scanner Ltd was founded to give schools and education providers a modern, KCSIE-aligned way to screen candidates online — without spreadsheets, manual searches or guesswork.

Child safeguarding first

Every product decision starts with the question: does this make children safer? Risk categories, retention policy and reviewer workflow all flow from there.

Built for education

We focus exclusively on schools, trusts and the wider education sector — so the platform speaks the language of safer recruitment leads.

Transparent methodology

Two-pass research, structured evidence and named reviewers — every certificate is backed by a clear audit trail.

Security as a foundation

UK-hosted, encrypted at rest and in transit, with role-based access, audit logging and strict retention controls.

Screening methodology

Structured, evidenced, second-pair-of-eyes

Our research process is designed to be defensible — every finding is captured, attributed and reviewed.

Trained researchers

Background checks are run by a dedicated, trained research team.

Risk categories

Findings are mapped to clear, safeguarding-relevant categories.

Quality assurance

All reports are QA-reviewed before release to the school.

Security & compliance

Compliance is the floor, not the ceiling.

UK data residency, GDPR-aligned retention, role-based access and full audit logging — all in service of safer recruitment outcomes.