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Transform your HR and Payroll management with EPM Connect

EPM Connect is a cloud based HRIS and payroll platform that combines powerful workforce data, intelligent HR technology and expert support to help your school or MAT manage people more effectively.

Whether you're looking for a modern HRIS solution, comprehensive HR and payroll software, or a scalable platform to support your evolving people strategy, EPM Connect delivers the technology, insights, and service needed to help your organisation thrive.

EPM Connect: The complete HRIS and payroll solution for smarter workforce management.

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Keeping you one step ahead with the best in education service and technology

EPM Connect is a comprehensive cloud-based HRIS and payroll platform designed specifically for schools, academies, multi-academy trusts (MATs), colleges, and education providers.

From recruitment and onboarding to absence management, performance reviews, workforce planning, and payroll processing, EPM Connect provides a single, secure platform for managing every stage of the employee lifecycle. By centralising employee data and automating routine HR and payroll tasks, education leaders gain greater visibility, efficiency, and control across their workforce.

Employee Management

Whether you're managing a single school or an entire trust, the Employee module in EPM Connect gives you secure, centralised access to all staff records and documents. Store key information in one place, import data individually or in bulk, and use built-in checks to validate entries and flag anything missing – so your records stay accurate, compliant and easy to manage.

Absence Management

Our Absence Management module is designed to simplify and streamline absence management.

Employee self-service allows employees to view absence data and submit absence requests, significantly reducing administrative workload and speeding up approval processes.

Seamlessly integrated with our Payroll module, the system will automatically alert you to nil and half-pay triggers and gain visibility of individual and organisation-wide absence data. Set up bespoke absence triggers and view a variety of reports and analytics to identify trends and support early intervention.

Case Management

EPM’s Case Management module offers a secure, centralised system for recording, monitoring, and managing employee casework with complete transparency across both schools and trusts. Configurable, case-level permissions ensure sensitive information is only visible to authorised users, while stakeholders benefit from real-time access to current and historical case records, correspondence, and audit trails

Task Management

Keep teams on track with auto-generated tasks across modules, plus the flexibility to create and assign manual tasks for any additional actions required.

Time & Expenses

Fully integrated with payroll to reduce admin, with optional self-service that enables employees to submit their own time and expense claims for even greater efficiency.

MIS Integration

Through Wonde, EPM can provide MIS integration through EPM Connect

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Recruitment

Streamline your recruitment with the EPM Recruitment module. Build talent pools, access personalised recruitment support, and easily integrate new hires into the employee module. EPM's Recruitment module gives HR leaders complete visibility over applications, documents, and processes - ensuring everything aligns with your internal procedures.

Training and CPD

EPM’s Training and CPD module allows you to seamlessly track your staff's development in line with development plans. As part of our Training and CPD module, users are able to track, record and analyse training and CPD completed by your employees.

Performance

Transform your appraisal process with EPM Connect's Performance module. Designed for both central teams and schools, our intuitive platform empowers you to seamlessly track, analyse, and elevate every stage of the appraisal cycle. Effortlessly align performance processes across your entire school or trust, unlocking new opportunities for staff development, consistency, and success.

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Payroll and Pensions

Unlike many other systems, our Payroll module is fully integrated with our HR software. That means any updates made to staff records are instantly reflected in the Payroll module, helping you to stay accurate, compliant and efficient. With live payslips, detailed reports, and support from our expert Payroll & Pensions team, you get a smoother workflow and better visibility - all in one place.

Single Central Record

EPM’s Single Central Record (SCR) module provides a complete, Ofsted-compliant solution for safer recruitment and safeguarding compliance across schools and trusts. With trust-wide visibility, individual record breakdowns, and automated alerts, you can quickly identify missing or expiring data and maintain inspection-ready accuracy. The module integrates seamlessly with the Employee module, supports bulk uploads, and allows you to customise safeguarding checks for your specific processes.

Confident that SCR and pre-employment records are complete and current? Use our Workforce Data Readiness Check.

School Workforce Census

EPM’s School Workforce Census module makes completing your Census faster, easier, and more accurate by automatically importing real-time data from the Employee module. Built-in error checks highlight incomplete fields or discrepancies, ensuring your submission meets DfE standards every time.

Not sure how ready your workforce data is? Use our Workforce Data Readiness Check.

Report Builder

Create and customise reports to strengthen your reporting processes - from urgent one-off reports for governor or trustee meetings to reusable monthly templates.

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Key Benefits

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No exports. No imports. No duplicate entry.

EPM Connect is the only HRIS with a direct payroll interface, ensuring workforce data moves seamlessly between HR and payroll for maximum efficiency and accuracy.

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MIS Integration

Bring together MIS and workforce data in one connected platform. With automated data sharing and enhanced visibility, you can improve data accuracy, reduce administration, and make more confident people decisions.

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Digital Adoption Platform

Our in-built Digital Adoption Platform helps your team use EPM Connect with confidence from day one. With on-screen guidance, real-time prompts and built-in support, users can complete tasks quickly and correctly - without needing extra training or support tickets.

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Effortlessly scale up or down based on your needs

From small schools to large multi-academy trusts, EPM Connect scales with your organisation. The adaptable modular structure evolves with your people strategy, letting you add modules as needed.

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Tailored Implementation Support

Unlike traditional SaaS providers, EPM combines powerful software with hands-on support from education experts. From implementation to ongoing advice, we work alongside your team to tailor the system to your needs, ensure a smooth setup, and help you get the most from your investment.

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We are more than just software

We combine best in class software with expert support, giving schools and trusts the tools they need to run smoothly and plan ahead with confidence.

You stay in control – choosing the modules that suit your needs, scaling support as needed, and accessing insights to support better decision making. Whether you're looking to streamline operations now or strengthen your long-term strategy, we’re here to help you make it happen.

Start with a no-obligation demo – and see how EPM’s software can support your goals, your people, and your progress.

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"I love the system - everything is there in one place. The Absence Module is brilliant - the ability to edit absences once they've been added is really useful and reduces duplicate entry, and the ability to add timesheets line by line in Time and Expenses really reduces errors and duplicates. There is lots more to explore and what I've looked at so far I love."
Sara Harrison, School Business Manager, Great Bardfield Primary School, EPM Connect Software

"EPM Connect has saved us a huge amount of time. There are lots of examples where we have made real efficiencies and we're a lot more efficient as a team."
Claire Johnson, Director of People Services, 5 Dimensions Trust, EPM Connect Software

"The system is really transparent. We were trying to answer questions from our team the other day and we could see all the information ourselves, including archived jobs and previous roles - and you can jump from an Employee's Record to Absences, which saves time."
Sarah Byford, HR Manager, Keys Academies Trust, EPM Connect Software

"We're really pleased with EPM Connect, particularly being able to edit things easily and having the power to do this ourselves at the touch of a button. The system’s given us ownership of our own data and the processes are much more streamlined, with notifications going to staff automatically. We've actually decided to manage this process manually, to choose which notifications we want to send, which gives us the control we want."
Fiona Cope, HR Manager, Meadowhead School Academy Trust, EPM Connect Software