Buying for schools: things to consider before you start HR and payroll services

Requirements

Before you switch or onboard to a new supplier, think about what level of service you will need. Your supplier should have experience within the education sector and your circumstances. Most suppliers will offer 3 levels of service such as: bureau part-managed managed When deciding on the level of service, you need to think about: whether your school has enough resources to manually input its payroll data – if the school is finding it difficult to do this, then it may be better to use a managed service how much control you want over the payroll process – does your school require control on services like salary analysis or is it willing to give control to the supplier how to meet your staff needs – for example, do your staff require a payroll query line where they can dispute any issues