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Confidently manage your school finances and save money with Access Education's cloud-based financial management system.
Supporting features such as DfE automation and the new standard chart of accounts, our finance software for schools ensures thousands of schools across the UK are streamlined, up-to-date and making best use of their budget.
We’ve worked with school finance managers and leading education figures to make our school and academy accounting software fit for purpose, easy to use and fully compliant with DfE and ESFA requirements.
And, because all our school accounting software is delivered through our cloud-based platform, Access Workspace, it can be accessed all in one place, anytime, anywhere, on any device – with no extra IT costs and single sign on.
Customisable reports are aligned to the local authority requirements making submission quick and easy.
Simple and easy to use double entry automated finance system – for non-finance staff as well as school finance professionals.
100% cloud based with secure access through Access Workspace, anytime, anywhere.
Supports accounting processes in line with DfE and ESFA requirements including production of the statutory CFR and SOFA returns.
Access comprehensive reports that provide high level insights into the financial performance of your school.
CFR reports can be produced quickly and easily for submission to the local authority.
Seamless integration with Access Education Budgets to reduce manual importing while increasing visibility across the school
Reconciling multiple or single bank accounts can be time-consuming. Upload a CSV statement to auto-match transactions.
The fully customisable chart of accounts, ledger options and defaults allow you to accurately represent how your school or academy works, letting you record and report information as you need to. Our school management software gives you the freedom to manage transactions, payments, receipts and reconciliations quickly and accurately, with built-in double-entry posting, tolerance and transaction warnings.
Customisable user-access profiles allow you to delegate responsibility appropriately. Plus, customisable document templates and online document management means you can keep everything in one place with the added comfort of knowing it is securely, stored online.
Data import from our budget and forecasting tool, school budgeting software, means you can track real-time spending against planned expenditure. You can quickly create cashflow forecasts and get a full picture of past, present and future financial performance.
Reports are built against the suggested DfE format and can be run by the school at any time.
The real-time information dashboard gives an up-to-date picture of your school’s financial performance quickly and easily. While detailed reports let you analyse your school’s finances to reveal critical trends.
You can create easy-to-understand monthly, termly and annual reports for governors and trustees and meet your regulatory responsibilities with simple-to-produce DfE and ESFA returns.
Management reports can be run at the click of a button and you can easily access real-time information at a high-level by a ledger code group or detailed data through your ledger codes. The management report is built to the suggested DfE format, in our school management software.
As a UK-developed and hosted platform, it's compliant with DfE and ESFA requirements, and you will be ready when tax goes digital.
Access Digital Tax retrieves relevant data from Access Education Finance ready for your review and submission to HMRC.
Straightforward set-up - Nothing to install and limited IT support needs means minimal disruption and the most up-to-date version every time you log in.
We are dedicated to providing our customers with award-winning implementation and support to help them get the most out of their software.
Yes, Access provides a range of standard and customised reports to meet all your MAT/academy’s needs. Read about our school finance reporting.
Yes, we also have a market-leading budgeting tool that is used by more than 9000 schools in England. It is fully integrated with Access Education Finance and can help you to plan, forecast and reforecast your budget aswell as model the impact of different scenarios.
Yes, as part of the project our consultants work with you to ensure the implementation covers all training your requirements.
Access provides telephone support, account management and online support. You can pick up the phone and speak with a member of our team when you need assistance.
We can build you a new Chart of Accounts structure, copy/amend your current structure, or work with you to establish a uniform CoA structure which can be rolled out to all academies.
Yes, our finance solution integrates with a number of Access and other systems. We’d be happy to talk to you about these, please do get in touch.
Yes, all of our software is purpose built for the cloud.
School finance software helps schools, academies and trusts track and report on the financial status of their educational establishment. The school’s financial management system is in place to increase visibility across the site as well as reduce administration. Our finance software for the education sector helps thousands of schools across the UK do this and more.
School accounting software helps to simplify and streamline finance process in schools and Trusts. Often integrated with other software, it allows schools to become scalable and grow in a more efficient manner due to the ability to centralise resources.
Providing detailed insights in a secure manner, school accounting software can also help schools in their mission to become paperless and provides remote, easy access to real time data and reporting in line with school requirements. The primary benefit schools see when implementing school accounting software is time savings.
The best accounting software for schools is cloud-based, allowing you to access your school finances anytime, anywhere, no matter your location. Education finance software should help to reduce the administrative burdens across your school, academy or Trust and aim to increase your visibility, control and reporting over school finances. Our finance software for the education sector helps thousands of schools across the UK do this and more.
Finance and accounting software for education is software that helps people within local authorities or academy trusts conduct various accounting and bookkeeping tasks. More commonly known as school finance software, the terms ‘accounting software for education’ and ‘finance software for education’ all refer to the same kind of software packages used to manage a school or trust’s finances.
There are many finance management solutions on the market, but finance and accounting software designed specifically for schools can provide many benefits for those working in the education sector. The software tends to be suitable for use by those without a formal accounting background, such as school business managers and headteachers who manage school’s finances alongside their other responsibilities. Have a look at some considerations for best accounting software for schools.
Like any organisation that deals with money, schools and trusts need to manage their finances to make sure income covers outgoings like the staff wage bill and school running costs. Without education finance and accounting software, staff need to conduct manual bookkeeping which takes a lot of time and poses various compliance risks.
Finance and accounting software improves flexibility, visibility and automation of education finance management.
There are many providers of accounting systems to schools, including but not limited to Iris, Orovia, IMP, Sage and more – as well as Access Education Finance. Providers offer a range of packages for schools and trusts with different functionality suiting each school or trust’s unique requirements. When investing in a new accounting system it is important for schools and trusts to consider a range of factors including price, compliance, flexibility and more. Take a look at guide to choosing the right financial system for your school or trust.
The Access Education software suite is purpose-built to address the unique needs and challenges of educational institutions. Created by education experts, it's not just another solution – it's a comprehensive approach to improving the entire educational experience.
We've collaborated closely with educators at every stage of development to ensure our software reflects their insights, needs, and goals. It goes beyond functionality, becoming a strategic ally for schools, MATs, and local authorities.
Our ultimate goal is to empower educators to focus on what truly matters: delivering exceptional learning experiences to their students.
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