School payroll administration can be very different to many types of businesses given their historic partnership with LEAs and complex arrangements with school supply teachers, staff pensions, AVCs and HR employment laws.
Common payroll problems:
- Payslips are inaccurate and received late.
- Poor employment law advice (e.g. Agency Workers Directive).
- Leavers continue to be paid.
- Management pay reports received too late or not at all.
The Difference with Schools
It is in everybody’s interest to reduce costs where it can be easily achieved without reducing the quality of what is offered, but complex issues within schools mean that specific expertise and attention to detail is needed to help things run more smoothly. Some of the more complex issues include:
- Agency Workers Regulations
- Pensions and AVCs.
Built in Quality with Attention to Detail with Two FREE Trials
Attention to detail is the key to ensuring quality of service and lowering costs. Each stage is as important as the other. You have to understand and control each stage of the process to maintain consistency throughout; this drives the level of quality.
To evidence our commitment to quality, we offer two FREE parallel runs to check our accuracy and quality before we go LIVE with any school account. However, that is only after you have worked with a project consultancy team of specialists to set up your account properly from day one. This total commitment to quality is free and there are no set up costs.
Employment Law Advice and Support **
With our inclusive range of employment law services we can help with staff procedures, legal documentation, preparation with tribunals and even cover the costs of tribunals and awards made against the school.
We have three levels of service:
PayGo: For those who only employ a few staff and only need advice intermittently over the phone. Call charges are £2.10 per minute.
Standard: This standard product covers you for employment law advice and all tribunal costs (not awards).
Premium: This is cover for total protection: advice, documentation, tribunal costs and including the cost of covering awards made against your school. The price quoted for premium cover is wholly dependent on each school's personal circumstances.
Overall Benefits
- Reduce school payroll processing costs significantly
- Create more free time to use in more productive areas of your school
- Access to a full time payroll department with qualified expert staff
- 24 hour "live" portal access to all your employee and payment details
- Access to a tailored Employment Law Advice service
- Professional, compliant and well established company.