What if switching to a time-saving, cost-saving, efficient HR, payroll and pensions system was easy?

It is, with EduPeople!

Too many schools and academy trusts are struggling with outdated, inefficient systems that make it impossible for them to meet their compliance responsibilities.

If this is you, what is stopping you make the change?

You might be concerned that switching to a new HR and payroll system will be complex, just too much disruption to your already-heavy workload. Or that something will go wrong and people won’t get paid.

We understand how you feel, which is why EduPeople has been specifically designed for the education sector.

Easy and low risk

We have made switching easy and low risk, and we have a team of experts to help you through every step of the journey.

In fact, 94% of school staff* feel confident using EduPeople after one training session.

To make switching to EduPeople simple and streamlined, we have devised a process based on our 20 years of experience in the education sector:

1. You will have a single point of contact throughout set up, and a named payroll specialist for ongoing support once you are up and running.

2. We will agree expectations at the outset, then set a series of milestones to make sure all stakeholders at all levels, from the head of HR to individual employees, are comfortable.

3. We integrate the data you provide, with a step-by-step process to make it as straightforward as possible for you to collect that data – bringing often-chaotic records right up to date to ensure compliance.

4. We will pick up any mistakes in the data, such as a caretaker reporting directly to the Head, or a head of department on a starting salary.

5. We carry out a parallel run to make sure all is working smoothly, eliminating risk and giving you the reassurance of a safety net before the system goes live.

6. We train your team, agreeing what is needed and for whom, depending on your school or academy trust’s specific circumstances.

7. We work at your pace. The average time to set up and complete handover is three months, but this can be flexible to meet your needs.

8. After handover our expert team will continue to provide ongoing support to make sure you get the most value from the unrivalled HR functionality EduPeople has to offer.

With a named payroll manager backed by more than 50 HR and payroll specialists, you have the peace of mind of knowing that EduPeople will be by your side whenever you have a question.

“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.

Strictly has supported throughout the project to aid the smooth migration of data and ensured this has had minimal impact on the day to day running of our service during the interim.

We look forward to fully utilising all the modules within the EduPeople Portal for the benefit of our staff and the Trust.”

HR Manager, Nunthorpe Academy Trust

Meeting your responsibilities

EduPeople has been designed as one single system that manages your HR, payroll and pensions together to streamline administration and answer the governance and compliance challenges you face.

Unlike the reports generated by corporate systems, EduPeople will provide the granular detail needed to meet your responsibilities to local authorities or government.

We are confident that EduPeople is the future of HR, payroll and pensions for academy trusts and schools.

So now you know how easy it is to switch, contact us today to get the ball rolling.

*Training evaluation feedback from staff who schools have moved across to EduPeople.