Payroll & pensions for schools, academies and Trusts
Tap into our extensive experience of payroll and pension management in the education sector
Don’t trust your school payroll to a generalist
Whether you are a school, academy or part of a Multi Academy Trust, your payroll is not something that can be handled in the same way as a business payroll.
Overlay the complexity of education payrolls with the increasing demands on school resources and staffing, and it is no wonder that schools are turning to payroll providers for support in delivering their payroll and pension management.
Our specialist payroll and pension management service
Not all payroll services are equal, and this is especially true for providers in the education sector.
Schools are looking for value for money, but cheap ‘per payslip’ prices often hide lots of hidden extras that are necessary requirements.
Some of the issues and complexities around education payrolls include:
- Teachers’ pay spines
- Teachers’ Pension and LGPS deductions and filings
- Annual service returns
- Handling multiple staff roles within payrolls
- Managing different terms and conditions for schools within a Multi Academy Trust.
Switching is easy
If your school is handling payroll internally, is still with your Local Authority or you are already using a payroll provider, the thought of switching to another payroll provider can seem daunting.
But fear not. We are here to make the transition as easy and pain-free as possible.
- We will liaise with your current provider or Local Authority
- We will take you through the structured process for moving your payroll across
- We have checks and processes to ensure accuracy
- We work towards your payroll deadlines to ensure no disruption to your pay cycles
- We are on hand to answer all your questions
Dedicated Education Pension Service
Education pensions are challenging. And the larger the organisation, the more complex they are, with Multi Academy Trusts often having multiple Local Government Pensions Schemes in addition to Teachers’ Pensions and even contractual pension schemes.
In addition to our payroll service, we can also handle your pension and auto enrolment compliance requirements.
We process pension contributions through payroll and handle all data submissions and returns plus your auto-enrolment obligations.
We also act as the liaison between you and the pension provider or LGPS scheme including;
- Notifying of new starters and leavers
- Any changes to the employee details
- Calculations of service history
- Managing any queries around length of service
- Maternity and paternity reporting and adjustments
- Assessing auto-enrolment eligibility each pay period
- Processing employee opt-ins and opt-outs
- Providing employee status reports
- Employee communications via our Elementary app
Elementary portal and app
Elementary is the name for our secure client portal and also our employee web app.
Designed by our payroll pros, it provides a seamless and secure interface for clients to submit data and approve payrolls. It has been designed to work with your existing processes and systems.
It delivers 24/7 access to your employees’ pay and pension documents. Its modular approach means you can add functionality such as employee HR docs, a central storage for the latest policies, and employee communications.
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