Education, payroll and HR software
Over 1500 educational institutions rely on us for HR, payroll and finance support.
Supercharge your strategic potential
MHR is a leading HR and payroll provider within the education sector, supporting over 1,500 organisations and 75,000 employees. From universities, to school, colleges and multi-academy trusts, we can reshape your HR processes and transform your team into a proactive strategic institution. We understand the unique challenges you face and have developed our systems and supporting integrations around making the day-to-day easier.
We can help you:
- Integrate HR and payroll with your existing MIS (like Arbor, Bromcom and iSAMS) for streamlined and accurate data management
- Make processes super speedy with automation getting rid of routine task
- Free up HR teams to be more proactive, creating new strategies that define your organisation
- Simplify payroll and pension management, accounting for the hugely diverse range education contracts
Payroll, HR and finance
Higher education
We’re the chosen payroll provider for nearly half of UK universities. We understand the unique complications that you have to face, with complicated pay structures, HESA returns and multiple contracts. That’s before you get into pensions!
MHR’s higher education payroll services as well as our HR and finance platforms all seamlessly integrate for an accessible experience.
Academies and colleges
Working in education can be tough, but our HR software for schools can help all your employees grow professionally and reduce burnout.
Plus, our education payroll software features built-in statutory calculations and Teacher’s Pension reporting, so you can stay compliant without getting bogged down in admin.
Independent schools
iTrent provides a consistent onboarding experience and will enhance your entire recruitment process, ensuring the kind of consistency that lets you engage employees from day one.
Plus, enjoy peace of mind with robust cybersecurity features, that will keep your reputation completely clean.
Get started with an HR and payroll solution that drives efficiency
How we can help
With expert industry advice and care, we our cloud-enabled HR, payroll and finance systems will change your world.
Empower HR education teams
Our self-service platforms enable employees to manage their own essential details and daily HR needs, freeing up your HR team to focus on the big picture.
Create libraries of knowledge
Encourage your employees to develop key skills and take charge of their career paths with our engaging learning management system (LMS). Give each employee the tools to succeed.
Recruit and retain top talent
Overcome the biggest issue an HR recruitment teams. Our recruitment and onboarding systems will ensure you roll out the red carpet for each new hire.
Simplify complex pay structures
No matter what varied pay rate, pension or contract you’re dealing with, our specialist payroll software and managed payroll services can be perfectly tailored to your exact needs.
Help your team feel valued
Educational institutions can be a high-pressured environment. Use our goal setting and online learning systems to keep your finger on the pulse of how your employees are doing.
Protect your data
Your data is a treasure trove, so make sure it’s protected. Our cloud-hosted solutions paired with private data centres and dedicated expertise to give you complete peace of mind.
“We’ve had a very pragmatic, honest, trustful relationship with MHR over the years. We don’t stay with organisations for this length of time unless there’s something good happening.”
Queen’s University Belfast
"MHR is at the forefront of this compared to our previous supplier. I can't speak highly enough about it. It's constantly being updated and keeping in line with trend."
Askham Bryan College
“The reason for selecting MHR integrated with Grosvenor is it allows us to workflow better. The efficiency it’s going to give us through removing duplicate data entry and no longer passing payroll information between systems manually, means it’s going to speed up processes and reduce administrative burden.”
Andy Forrester, Head of Applications and Digital Solutions at Keele University
“The recruitment module has enabled us to receive applications online and brought us into the twenty-first century in terms of recruitment. Their service cloud is a valuable source of information, support and help. MHR is committed to evolving the product in a way that is beneficial to customers and users.”
Oxford Diocesan Schools Trust
“iTrent, to me, is incredibly good value for money. It helps any school or any independent foundation like us to be innovative and forward thinking. I would absolutely recommend iTrent.”
The Mill Hill Schools Foundation
"We wanted a software provider that was flexible and able to deal with lots of different scenarios and situations. We were confident it was the right solution."
Leigh Academies Trust
"iTrent brings payroll, HR and finance together and streamlines it really well."
Shrewsbury Colleges Group
Education payroll, HR and finance FAQs
So many HR, payroll and finance systems for education rely heavily on manual entry and paper forms. This massively slows down the entire system, leaves your results riddled with errors and makes it difficult for HR teams to stay ahead of the curve. Investing prevents all of that, and lets you think more strategically.
We have provided support to over 1500 educational institutions. iTrent is recognised as being a particularly good fit for education HR services, because it’s so flexible to their unique needs.
Very! Because it’s based on the cloud, it’s incredibly easy to keep our software up to date with the latest security requirements. We also make use of multifactor authentication, and user behaviour analytics for even more protection.
Absolutely, our team will help you to find the right solution for your educational needs. Book one today.
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