New system to ease the HR administration and planning burden for schools and academy trusts

Press release: 7th September 2021

Strictly Education, the leading education support services provider, has launched a new single HR, payroll and pensions system designed specifically for the education sector. The system - called EduPeople - will significantly ease the burden of managing the school workforce for both school leaders and their administrative staff and give back greater overall control of this critical part of daily operations.

With one employee record at its core, EduPeople eliminates the need for duplicate data entry. EduPeople, which comes with a team of over 50 education experts, saves time, improves accuracy and avoids costly mistakes through the automation of all administrative HR, pensions and payroll processes.

Amanda Fisher, CEO at Strictly Education said “As a trusted partner to over 2,000 schools and academy trusts, we asked our clients what they wanted from an HR and payroll system and tailored the specification to meet the unique requirements of an education-specific system. Through this investment, EduPeople provides an affordable option for every school or trust and enables them to focus on adding value in the classroom.”

Many of Strictly Education’s current payroll clients have already migrated to EduPeople as they can see the benefits the rich HR admin functionality will bring to their academy trust. Smart HR features enable schools to manage their HR processes and reporting more effectively. From recruitment and onboarding to fostering a high-performance culture, managing staff absence, case management and the single central record, EduPeople has it covered. With regular updates, the system will ensure schools’ legislative requirements are met both today and in the future.

Nunthorpe Academy Trust, who has recently moved to EduPeople could see the benefits the new system would bring. Nunthorpe’s HR Manager said, “We saw EduPeople as an excellent way to develop our HR/Payroll systems in a way which would not only create a better 'user friendly' environment for our staff records in terms of the self-service functionality but would also allow the trust greater strategic analysis and cost effectiveness with our HR and payroll processes. We look forward to fully utilising all the HR modules within the EduPeople portal for the benefit of our staff and the trust.”

EduPeople’s team of support-staff experts and consultants, who understand the nuances of the education sector, make it easy and low risk for schools and trusts to switch their HR or payroll provision and ensure they get the most value from the unrivalled HR functionality EduPeople has to offer. The modular functionality also means EduPeople can scale and grow with the school or trust.

Nunthorpe Academy Trust’s HR Manager continued, “Strictly has supported us throughout the project to aid the smooth migration of data and ensure this has had minimal impact on the day to day running of our service during the interim.”

Three levels of service are available from EduPeople: Core, Premium and Platinum.

Further information and an explainer video on the system is available online.