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Payroll for LEA-maintained schools
Whether you’re procuring for schools or looking for a solution to recommend, our payroll options are here to help empower your schools to manage their payroll processes with accuracy.
Select from our education-specific managed payroll service or in-house payroll offering.
We’re currently servicing 33% of maintained schools
Our customers love that our payroll offering can be adapted to their needs or requirements and seamlessly integrates with Access Education People, giving their schools a full HR and payroll solution.
Offering in-house or a fully-managed payroll services for your schools
Whichever payroll option is best for you, our payroll solutions will ensure your people are paid accurately, on time, every time with total compliance and peace of mind.
Managed payroll services for the education sector
Our managed (or outsourced) service means that we take on the responsibility of running and delivering your schools’ payroll. With a 99.9% accuracy rating and a 100% pass mark from the Chartered Institute of Payroll Professionals’ Payroll Assurance Scheme, your schools’ payroll needs couldn’t be in safer hands.
We will provide a portal for staff to access their payslips and your dedicated payroll executive will look after everything from sending BACS, producing electronic pay slips, meeting RTI obligations, managing your pension processing and much more. This is our most commonly selected option and we process more than 50,000 education payslips every month for schools and trusts across the UK.
In-house payroll software for the education sector
More than 90% of our customers choose to outsource their payroll management to our service team; however, we also realise that schools, academies and MATs expand over time and need software that will adapt and grow alongside them.
For those who have a dedicated, certified payroll person or team in place, we have an in-house payroll option which allows you to manage your payroll centrally, allowing you more control and responsibility over your payroll and pensions.
Key features & benefits
Discover a world of possibilities with our payroll features and benefits, designed to empower you and your school to tackle payroll with precision.
Payment processing
Process, balance and reconcile all month and year end figures and payments (including country-specific payments e.g. HMRC and IRS)
Occupational and statutory payments
Calculate all occupational and statutory payments, inc maternity, Alabaster and redundancy
Country-specific processing
Processing of all country-specific checks, files & documentation including HMRC, IRS, P60, P45, SEPA
Expert support
Dedicated telephone, account management and online support from an experienced, dedicated payroll team – including monthly telephone service review
Report production
Produce all reports, inc standard payslips, check reports, monthly payments and 3rd party payments
Teacher pensions
Our fully comprehensive service includes all teacher pension requirements
Increased payroll accuracy
Processing more than 50,000 payslips every month, we have a 99.9% accuracy rating and a 100% pass mark from the Chartered Institute of Payroll Professionals (CIPP) Payroll Assurance Scheme (PAS)
Why choose our payroll solution for your schools?
Having a payroll provider who understands the education space and takes into account all of your payroll and teacher pension complexities is crucial.
Here at Access Education, we provide:
- A complete solution for a small single primary school through to a large multi-academy trust
- Guaranteed legislative compliance from reporting to checks, processing and everything in between
- Reduced payroll administration as we process everything from your BACS run to your teacher pensions
- Clearer payroll reporting
Save money and increase your schools' payroll accuracy. From as little as £3.50 per payslip.
Payroll resources for local authorities
A buyer's guide to software for LAs
Regardless of whether you have been utilising business software for SBM functions for an extended period or are contemplating making a more significant investment to enhance efficiencies, several critical factors require consideration.
Ultimate payroll guide
This guide covers...
- How improve your payroll management
- In-house vs outsourced payroll
- Should you outsource your school's payroll?
What to include in your tender document
Procuring operational education software but don’t know where to begin? In this guide, we cover everything you need to create the perfect tender document.
Your education payroll questions answered
Working together with payroll experts we've created an insightful video, where we dive deep into the world of payroll management for educational institutions. Addressing common questions and challenges faced by payroll professionals and HR managers in the education sector.
