July Customer Newsletter

This month’s roundup brings you everything you need to stay ahead - from major employment law changes and new ERA guidance to fresh product updates, on‑demand webinars and insights from the Schools & Academies Show. Here’s what’s new, what’s changing, and what’s worth a closer look.

Employment law in education is entering a period of significant change. With the Employment Rights Act 2025 already influencing employer responsibilities - and further reforms arriving in October 2026 and beyond - schools and trusts face growing expectations around compliance and workforce management.

The webinar covers what’s already in effect, what’s coming next, and what it means operationally.

The ERA introduced 28 reforms - some active now, others landing in October 2026 and January 2027. Updating contracts, leave policies, payroll and dismissal procedures across multiple schools is a significant undertaking.

This guide breaks down every change and what it means in practice. Ideal for HR leads and SBMs.

People Insights Hub is now available to all Access HR customers at no extra cost.

It brings sickness absence, vacancies, turnover and gender pay gap data into one consolidated view within Access Evo - significantly reducing manual reporting.

Includes:

• Staff Health Check

• Sickness Absence Overview

• Gender Pay Gap Overview

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Explore how connected systems help MATs align finance, people and operations and overcome the challenges of disconnected processes.

Over 3,000 leaders attended this year’s Schools and Academies Show - and one theme dominated: too many systems, too much manual work, not enough visibility.

Our session explored how trusts are solving this by connecting finance, HR, operations and curriculum.