Fully accredited and secure payroll services
Education Payroll Solutions
Specialist education payroll software and services
Cloud-based and fully compliant payroll solutions to simplify the complexities of education payroll. Driven by extensive experience working with 300+ schools, academies, MATs and colleges.
CIPP Payroll Service Provider
of the Year 2025
A payroll provider that knows your challenges
Education specialists
We work with hundreds of education institutions; from primary schools, to multi-academy trusts and universities, across the UK. They trust us with their requirements, and so can you.
Built for your unique needs
We’ve built education-specific functionality into the payroll technology we use, from position management and reporting, to pensions.
Personalised, holistic support
Our CIPP-qualified support team who deliver our payroll services understand your challenges, and offer the highest quality of holistic and technical support when you need it most.
The software is just so usable, you build the system so the data is in the way which you want it! Anything in the system is reportable and you can design the reports yourself. There really is nothing like it on the market!
HR Officer
At a glance...
Cintra education payroll solutions
Education features
Our multi award-winning payroll platform includes features such as MCR, MDC and iConnect, easy back-dating of pro rata payments, automated maternity pay schedules, and more.
HMRC compliant
Every aspect of our payroll software is built with HMRC, GDPR and BACs compliance in mind, keeping you up to date with legislative changes to helping to ease your compliance burden.
Advanced data security
Data security is of utmost importance within your school or college. That's why Cintra's cloud-based payroll platform is ISO 9001 and ISO 27001 certified, along with our BACS and CIPP PAS accredited.
Fully integrated
We can sync your payroll with any back-office systems, and ensure a secure flow of HR data so that everything is accurate, consistent and maintained.
Data-driven
Easily maintain TPA and LGPS banded contributions and accurately backdate pay, tax, NI, and pensions, all within the Cintra People payroll platform.
First-class human support
Whether you’re looking for education payroll software or an outsourced service, our CIPP-qualified support team wholly understands the education sector, and are on hand to support when you need it.
Make running your payroll a breeze with Cintra payroll
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Manage pay structures and spine points with ease
Multiple roles? Multiple pay structures? Multiple pensions? Our education payroll software has post-specific features allowing you to manage multiple spine points, roles and salaries.
- Multiple pay scales and spine points
- Multiple contracts and roles per employee
- Multiple pensions
- Date-driven
- Automated calculations and deductions
- Automated payslip, P60 and P45 creation and delivery
We'd love to hear from you
Our education payroll outsourcing experts are on hand to discuss your unique challenges, and show you our services and software in action.
