Managed Payroll Service

Let us handle your payroll

As a provider of fully managed payroll services to schools and MATs, we take on the responsibility for all the technical and compliance aspects of your payroll. You get the reassurance that your staff are going to be paid accurately and on-time, whilst you can focus your resources on other areas of your school.

Education experts

Education payroll is all we do, and when you concentrate on one sector, it allows you to gain a great depth and breadth of experience and knowledge. Knowledge we put into the development of our technology, systems and staff training.

We currently act for over 650 schools, academies and MATS, paying over 45,000 school employees and our team of payroll and pension specialists only work on education payrolls, so they certainly know their stuff!

The team have been fantastic in all aspects. So accurate and efficient and incredibly helpful. I used to have to spend hours checking and chasing correction of errors with our previous providers, so moving to Dataplan has made this aspect of work so easy!
Lincoln UTC

No hidden surprises

We appreciate that our clients are looking to make their resources stretch as far as possible, but, unlike other payroll providers, we have chosen not to strip out our services just so we can headline a cheap ‘per payslip’ price.

Our pricing structure is transparent, fair and includes as standard many ‘extras’ such as year-end filing and starters and leavers that are additional charges to the budget providers.

Our fixed price, fully managed payroll service includes:

Dedicated UK based processing team, with named contact
Processing of PAYE / Pension / other deductions
Providing online reports and management information for approval before pay day
Online review of employees payslips current periods and historical
Payment of salaries and Pensions by BACS once approved
Production of month end reports / payroll journals for your finance systems
Completion of monthly HMRC filing requirements under RTI
Completion of year end work required by HMRC and TP/LGPS
Providing End of Year Certificates P60s for staff (printed or electronic via ePayslips)

Switching is easy

We know that the idea of switching provider, especially as a MAT, can seem daunting. That’s why we have a dedicated Projects Team, responsible for the implementation of new payrolls.

They will take you through the process, using our 5 Step Implementation Process, and then provide a handover to the ongoing payroll processing contact and team.

Find out more about our switching process

Call 03331 128000 or complete our online quote request form

A least change solution, with the option to evolve

Many schools come to us, anxious that a provider is going to disrupt their school systems and processes. They may have had experience of a provider enforcing a rigid way of working in the past. The concern over the switching process for something as time-sensitive as payroll is understandable.

So our processes and systems have been deliberately designed to wrap around what you are already doing and make the change-over experience hassle-free.

We start with an in-depth conversation about your current process and systems. It may be that you want to make changes, or prefer to have a least change proposition initially. Whatever your preference, we can ‘wrap around’ your current systems. We don’t enforce our rigid solution on you.

Going forward we can work with you to develop improved efficiencies and better workflows and we like to work in partnership with our clients, giving us the opportunity to challenge and make recommendations and help our clients benefit from our innovation and expertise.

Find out more about our payroll and process consultancy service.

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