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West Buckland School | My School Portal
Enhancing parental communication, reducing workload, and fostering revenue growth with My School Portal
"The feedback has been really positive. From simplifying information access to enhancing transparency, parents embraced the platform wholeheartedly, affirming its positive impact on their school experience."
Eggar’s School | GCSEPod
Closing the gender gap and boosting academic achievement with GCSEPod
"GCSEPod helps students to improve their progress and attainment outcomes. When used effectively, GCSEPod improves the knowledge base. Used with exam practice, it improves outcomes. The school mantra has been to do less, but better."
Hodge Hill Girls School | GCSEPod
A correlation between GCSEPod usage and improved P8 scores
"We identified a correlation between high GCSEPod usage and P8, so we promoted GCSEPod more heavily. This saw more than double the number of Pods watched with 16,313 and a P8 of 0.73 for the school (up from the previous year’s 0.17)."
Trinity School | GCSEPod
Empowering GCSE Learning Through GCSEPod
"The pods are short and they use dual coding, so their images and their words match up really well. It's subject-specific, exam board-specific, tailored to what they're meant to be doing. I like the fact that you can monitor the difference in usage between say year 10 and year 11."
Trinity School | GCSEPod
Enhancing Key Stage 3 Education with GCSEPod
"I'm really keen to see how the new Key Stage 3 content develops. There's whole lessons available so they're fully resourced. Plus, it is really well differentiated, and I can support students working at all different levels within my class."
St Georges Primary School | Access Education Finance & Budgets
Futureproofing financial management
"Real-time budget tracking and decision-making capabilities offered a significant advantage over previous manual systems, mitigating the risks associated with human error and empowering staff members with the tools they needed to excel in their roles."
Holte School | GCSEPod
Enhancing KS3 learning with GCSEPod
"I would describe the new KS3 content as very engaging, enthralling and a brilliant revision resource. Importantly, it is a great assessment tool because it now incorporates KS3 ready-made assignments to gauge pupils’ learning and identify gap in their knowledge."
Deal Education Alliance for Learning Trust (DEALT) | Access Education People
Enhancing HR and Payroll Management with Access Education People
"Access Education People offered a comprehensive solution that integrated payroll and HR functions into one platform. The primary objectives were to streamline payroll processing, improve reporting capabilities, and enhance employee access to essential documents and information."
Liverpool City Council | Access Education Finance & Budgets
Modernising school financial management: Opportunities and challenges
"Within the first 6 months, the first school in Liverpool had gone completely paperless with its financial management."
Chipping Campden School | GCSEPod
Measuring the impact and value of learning resources
"Put this way, £2,500 seems like a bargain. When compared to the £18,000 for a Teacher Assistant, or the £1,000 annual cost of a weekly hour of intervention, it is a no brainer. We simply couldn’t afford not to."
Brentwood School | My School Portal
Simplifying school life for very busy parents
"It's saved us an enormous amount of time. We can upload thousands of reports in minutes, easily partitioning them in specific groups. It is also really easy to amend reports too."
Woodbrook Vale School | Access Education Budgets
Improving medium-term budgeting planning
"The software has allowed us to project forward and project significant complex financial calculations. It has allowed us to put some of our resources into match funding bids that have allowed us to build and develop our school."
The Catholic High School | Access Education Budgets
Saving 2 days a month in processing time with Access Education Budgets
"I would say that the software saves me between two and three days a month, which is really valuable. The academy’s leadership team is also able to make more effective decisions in less time."
Cheltenham All Saints' Academy | Access Education Suite
Efficiency is easy for Cheltenham All Saints’ Academy with the Access Edu Suite and Managed Payroll service
“It simply just works. Staff aren’t wasting precious hours looking for information, it’s just so easy to get data out of our systems. Colleagues can find what they’re looking for at the click of a button and provide information quickly to auditors and governors too.”
Learning Partners Academy Trust | Access Education Finance & Budgets
Taking a clear and simple approach when it comes to financial management
"Since implementing the software, we have received feedback from SBMs that the Access system is far more user friendly and much easier for staff to get to grips with."
The Priestley Academy Trust | Access Education Finance & Budgets
Moving to an integrated solution to be more efficient
"There are currently twelve active users of the Access software and out of this number, only one prefers the old system - which is a real testament to the team at Access."
Lighthouse Education Consultancy | Access Education Finance & Budgets
There's only one piece of software the founder and director will always recommend time and time again
"Having used the Access software in a lot of Trusts and at several other schools, I knew that the Access Finance and Budgeting software ticked all the boxes; it’s intuitive, the terminology used is unambiguous and the functionality is constantly improving."
Delta Academies Trust | GCSEPod
Successfully embedding digital learning resources across a large number of academies
"I can log into each school simply from a drop-down box, I can make assignments which can be shared with any student in any academy across the trust. I can monitor usage, I can compare it to averages and I can see the number of diamonds each school achieves using check and challenge."
Every Child Matters Academy Trust | Finance & budgeting
Tim Marsh, Business Director discusses how important it was for his Trust to ensure it had the right software in place as they began to grow. The importance of having slick, consolidated and professional reports became an essential part of everyday business.
Bede's Senior School | My School Portal
When Peter Goodyer, headmaster at Bede's Senior School in East Sussex was looking for a solution to help him amalgamate communications with parents and have them in a single, centralised space, he began to speak to the team at My School Portal.
Deal Education Alliance for Learning Trust (DEALT) | Access Education Suite
David Myatt, Chief Financial Officer at the Deal Education Alliance for Learning Trust was reliant on clunky and outdated systems before implementing the Access software across his eight schools.
Since moving to a more streamlined and integrated way of working, David explains how the Access Education software has transformed the Trusts’ auditing process and how, with Access, the Trust can now consolidate their processes so they have full visibility of the entire trust.
St. Peter's Catholic College | GCSEPod
At St Peter’s Catholic College in Middlesbrough, the mental and physical welfare of students has always been as important as academic success. Keeping tabs on student wellbeing is no easy task during a lockdown.
The White Hills Park Trust | Finance & budgeting
When The White Hills Park Trust started to map out their expansion, they knew they needed great software that could easily be rolled out to the schools. They also knew that functionality alone wasn't enough, they needed great support too.
The Good Shepherd Catholic Trust | Finance & budgeting
Chief Finance and Operations Officer at The Good Shepherd Catholic Trust, Julie Pearman joined the Trust in 2019 as it was quickly expanding. Realising the benefits of an integrated solution, Julie implemented Access Education Budgets and Finance.
Hawksmoor Learning Trust | Finance and budgeting
Finance Director at Hawksmoor Learning Trust, Jonathan Davis previously used Capita FMS as his finance system, however with the lack of reporting and consolidation, Jonathan knew the Trust needed to move to a more intuitive and streamlined solution.
Jonathan describes how the Access Education finance solution has helped save the team countless hours in generating reports such as the management report, which now takes a fifth of the time it used to.
King Edward VI School | My School Portal
King Edward VI School is a leading independent day school in Southampton. Speaking on why the school chose to implement the My School Portal software, Neal Parker, headmaster of King Edward VI School discusses how the software has saved his team a huge amount of time while benefiting the parents with its user friendliness and visibility.
The Enquire Learning Trust | Finance and budgeting
The Enquire Learning Trust is a Multi Academy Trust comprising 30 schools, and as they looked to continue their growth, they knew they needed to move from their previous supplier, SAGE200 to an education specific solution.
Jodie Younger, Director of Finance describes how she previously struggled to complete day to day tasks, spending several days on assignments that now take a matter of hours with Access Education Budgets & Finance.
Elizabeth Woodville School | GCSEPod
Elizabeth Woodville school is an inclusive comprehensive school with approximately 1100 students.
Latymer Upper School | My School Portal
When transitioning from a paper-based admissions process, Admissions Registrar for Latymer Upper School, Kerry Wilson found she saved around 100 hours of time in the admissions process when she switched to the My School Portal software.
Kerry explains how the software has allowed them to improve communication and engagement levels for parents, pupils and teachers by providing them with an intuitive system that can be viewed in real-time.
Dunstone Education Trust | Finance and budgeting
Previously using an old, server-based Civica system, Dunstone Education Trust knew that as they looked to expand, they needed a cloud-based, integrated solution to support them.
Having recently implemented Access Education Finance, Director of Finance and Operations, David Brookes describes how the Access Education implementation process kept him thoroughly engaged throughout his remote training.
Bosco Catholic Education Trust | Finance and budgeting
Having used multiple software solutions in her 15 years as a School Business Manager, Jill Alcorn from Bosco Catholic Education Trust would highly recommend Access Education to all academies.
With governors and trustees praising the functionality of Access Education, Jill states that since implementing the Budget & Finance solutions, the Trust have completely transformed their accounting processes, working much more collaboratively between schools.
British International School Al Khobar | GCSEPod
British International School Al Khobar is a British international school in Khobar, Saudi Arabia. It opened in 1977. It serves ages 3 through 18. As of 2020, the school had 850 students from about 50 countries.
Waad Academy | GCSEPod
Waad Academy Jeddah is one of the largest schools in the region, set in spacious grounds and consisting of 120,000 square meters. With 2 main campuses that serve both boys and girls, it offers primary and upper grades. Offering the Cambridge curriculum with a particular emphasis on Saudi culture and heritage, the Academy sets a new standard for education in the region and beyond.
The Garibaldi School | GCSEPod
Founded in the 1960s, have gone from strength-to-strength, innovating education over the years for 11–18-year-olds. With their built-to-last mantra, they strive to offer an engaging educational experience.
British School Al Khubairat | GCSEPod
The British School Al Khubairat in Abu Dhabi has good cause to celebrate; the non-selective, not-for-profit co-educational school which has been helping students to thrive for nearly half a decade announced record GCSE results at the same time as securing one of the highest inspection ratings across the Emirate and being named one of the top 10 schools in the UAE by Schoolscompared.com Top School Awards 2017.
Alperton Community School | GCSEPod
Alperton Community School is an ethnically diverse coeducational secondary school. The north London based school converted to an academy an 2011 and has 1300 pupils aged 11-18.
Manor Croft Academy | GCSEPod
Manor Croft Academy in West Yorkshire is reaping the benefits of embracing the online teaching and learning platform GCSEPod, which has revitalised their students’ thirst for knowledge just weeks after being introduced to the school.
Leeds City College | GCSEPod
GCSEPod is usually seen as an indispensable learning tool for secondary schools. But the online teaching and learning platform is proving to be a valuable study resource for students taking Leeds City College’s raft of academic and vocational options.
Kellett School | GCSEPod
Lisa Share is the School Librarian at Kellett School, the British International School in Hong Kong which provides outstanding learning for children from Reception through to Year 13.
South Molton Community College | GCSEPod
South Molton Community College in Devon is a PiXL partner school committed to raising standards through innovation. Back in 2012, as part of its ongoing pledge to support students with their learning outside of the classroom, the school subscribed to GCSEPod.
Horsforth School | GCSEPod
“This has been so effective as it stops students revising what they already know well and gets them to focus on the areas they actually need to improve”.
Horsforth School is improving progress and saving time through PiXL DTT and GCSEPod.
The Snaith School | GCSEPod
The Snaith School in the East Riding of Yorkshire was already a high performing specialist coeducational academy. But the first time Head of Geography, Dave Nichols, saw GCSEPod he knew it could be the means to take the school to even loftier heights. Securing the funding in these cash-strapped times was another matter. Help was to come from an unexpected source, his students and their parents.
Ashby School | GCSEPod
At the Ashby School in Leicestershire, GCSEPod is being used to engage successfully with Pupil Premium students as the centuries old education establishment looks to ensure all its learners can achieve outstanding results.
Stuart Bathurst Catholic High School | GCSEPod
In September 2018, Stuart Bathurst Catholic High School was put in Special Measures following a damning Ofsted Inspection. Twelve months on and the picture couldn’t be more different at the West Midlands secondary thanks to a change of Head, culture and the introduction of the GSCEPod online teaching and learning platform.
Marshalls Park Academy | GCSEPod
It may seem a little thing, but the impact of viewing those 3 to 5 minute learning and revision videos, or ‘Pods’, upon Marshalls Park Academy’s summer 2018 GCSE results cannot be underestimated.
Pangbourne College | My School Portal
Intuitive and seamless, My School Portal works to improve communication in schools by connecting parents, guardians and pupils through a single dashboard. Find out why parents like Alexandra Garnier have found the system to be invaluable.
Crompton House Church of England School | My School Portal
When Chris Raynerd was reviewing the school’s communication software, he knew they needed an effective system that could streamline processes and provide a centralised hub of information for parents, pupils and staff.
Since implementing the My School Portal software, Chris has found that teachers are now able to focus on delivering the curriculum and supporting pupils, whilst saving days of time in administration.
Stoke Newington School & Sixth Form | Finance & budgeting
Running a completely paperless department is no mean feat. Having worked with large trusts and maintained schools, Mylene has used a number of different software packages over the years. Read how Access Education Finance helped to streamline the department and save on resources.
George Green’s School | Finance & budgeting
A big believer in the idea that systems should work for you - and not the other way round, David uses the Access Finance and Budgeting software on a daily basis. He explains how the software has helped streamline workflows and allowed his team to take a more strategic and forward-thinking approach.
St Bartholomew’s CE Multi-Academy Trust | Finance & budgeting
Director of Finance and Operations at St Bartholomew’s CE Multi Academy Trust, Christopher Dryer explains how the Access Education Budget & Finance solution has been crucial to the Trust achieving its aim of implementing a fully centralised finance strategy.
With the trust team continuously praising the solutions ease of functionality, Christopher describes how the Access Education Budget and Finance solutions have exceeded their expectations.
The Kemnal Academies Trust | Finance & budgeting
Comprising 45 schools, The Kemnal Academies Trust is one of the largest trusts in the South & East of England.
Rachel Carter, Head of Finance, describes how the Access Education Budget & Finance solution has helped to streamline processes at the Trust. With the seamless integration between Budgets and Finance, Rachel states her finance team have saved a great deal of time when it comes to consolidating reports across the 45 schools.
Potteries Education Trust | Finance & budgeting
Implementing Access Education Finance and Budgeting software in September 2020 has given the Potteries Educational Trust the time and confidence to focus on providing the very best education for every child and young person within the Trust.
Marsh Hill Primary School | Finance & budgeting
Sharon Wells, School Business Manager at Marsh Hill Primary School, struggled to easily produce meaningful reports and was reliant on an outdated and unintuitive system before introducing Access Education Finance and Budgets.
Minerva Learning Trust | Finance & budgeting
Through a reduction in manual tasks, increased efficiencies (helping to control costs) and accurate long term planning, Access software has allowed the Minerva Learning Trust to concentrate on what they know best - providing the best education for their pupils.
St Peter in Eastgate Church of England Infant School | Access Education Finance
Before implementing Access Education Finance, Louise Gardiner, School Business Manager at St Peter in Eastgate Church of England Infant School had been relying on SAP and Business1On provided by Serco.
Leeds College of Building | GCSEPod
GCSEPod has a positive impact at Leeds College of Building with pupils reporting a 5% average grade increase.
The Circle Trust | Access Education Suite
Debra was looking for software that not only helped her look at information from a Trust level, but also empowered the individual schools within the Multi-Academy Trust. That’s when she found Access Education People & Budgets.
Tower Hamlets | Access Education Budgets
Tower Hamlets have worked with Access for over ten years now and Access Education Budgets has been implemented in the majority of its 78 maintained schools
OneSchool Global | GCSEPod
Since implementing GCSEPod it’s been instrumental in helping students to access the tools they need to thrive.
