One platform
Simplify financial management with one cloud-based platform, built for LA maintained schools, academies, and independents.
The next generation of finance software
Make running your school finances easy with cloud-based access to a complete financial management system. Simplify statutory and operational reporting with drill-down reports you can save and export.
One view
Boost visibility and control with a clear financial view for LA-maintained schools, independents, and academies – plus reporting at every level.
100% digital
Stay DfE-compliant with built-in validation and automatic submission for Consistent Financial Reporting and Accounts Returns.
20,000+ users
run their school finances with our financial management system
Why choose us
School finances are complex, but managing them doesn’t have to be. Our cloud FMS links finance, people, and planning; saving time, reducing costs, and supporting smarter decisions.
Smarter budget management
Know your financial position in a flash. Generate instant reports, drill down into the detail, save, export, and see trends at a glance.
Audit ready, always
Be ready for anything. Take the pain out of DfE compliance, with an automatic submission of your accounts return.
Automatic reconciliations
Connect the dots with ease. Simplify managing transactions and commitments in a central payments system, with automated reconciliation across transaction types, departments, and multiple streams.
Anytime cloud access
Enjoy the security of our platinum security-rated cloud hosting solution, automatic back-ups, upgrades and maintenance, plus anywhere, anytime access.
Leadership insights
Generate instant, configurable, and saveable reports; helping school leaders, finance officers, and governors drive strategic planning with clarity and confidence.
SIMS Next Gen
A new generation of SIMS MIS in cloud
Seamless data sharing with SIMS makes it easy for schools, groups or MATs to add our cloud features without disrupting how you work.
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“Finance New Generation is very user friendly, with clear layouts and very simple ways to drill down into reports. I am excited to see this develop as I believe it will make tasks quicker and easier as more reports become accessible.”
Julie Hockney
Finance and Personnel Manager
Upshire Primary Foundation School
Powerful new functionality
Built on decades of experience, we’ve updated and rebuilt our trusted finance software and introduced a new, intuitive user interface to take advantage of a cloud-based system.
With millions invested in innovation, FMS delivers superior financial management, simplified reporting, and powerful insights; so you can save time, stay compliant, and make confident financial decisions that maximise every pound.
Instant insights
Securely access data anytime, anywhere with our new cloud-based finance tools.
Improve budget control
Track, forecast, and manage budgets; empowering confident financial planning.
Audit-ready
Stay inspection-ready with rich real-time data and reports.
Fully supported
Access dedicated support anytime online, or by phone/email, Mon–Fri, 8–5:30.
360 ° view
Monitor spending with granular control; track commitments and reduce overspending at every level.
Real-time reports
Generate instant, saveable, and exportable reports; boosting transparency and supporting strategic decisions.
Fully integrated
Connect with partners like SIMS, E-Procurement, and Budgeting to cut duplicate data and simplify workflows.
Automations
Manage transactions centrally with automated reconciliation across departments, streams, and transaction types.
Flexible, simplified, and built around you
Build a solution that fits your school perfectly; with tools to help your team work smarter, save time, and stay in control of finances. Get set to enjoy seamless access to all ParentPay Group products with one, secure login; bringing everything together for a simple, connected experience.
Included in
Finance
Budgeting, resource allocation, and reporting simplified
Includes:
- Suppliers and supplier payments
- Income and debtors
- Budgets and staffing including personnel links
- Chart of accounts
- Financial tasks
- Data exchange with a local authority
- Statutory reporting
- Users and permissions
- Period and year end
- Equipment / asset management and loans
- Transactional reporting and audits
- Hosting
- Support and FMS extra database (optional)
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Optimise
Tools and insights to help your school thrive
Includes:
- Attendance and unexplained absence messaging
- Assessment, performance, and exams
- Census and statutory returns
- Conduct management
- Class management (Class View and Seating Plans until March 2027)
- Reporting, data, and insights
- Timetabling, options, and cover
- Pupil and staff data
- SEND management
- Interventions
- SIMS Next Generation
- Trust centralised performance management (Group Hub until March 2027)
- Hosting and support (optional)
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Pay
Make everything from clubs to dinner money seamless
Includes:
- Menu selection
- Clubs & trips
- Wraparound care
- Shops & donations pages
- Single basket checkout
- Automatic top up
- Reporting & insights
- MIS and catering integration
- Settle to multiple accounts
- SIMS Dinner Money
- Group management application
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Engage
Communicate and collaborate quickly and easily
Includes:
- SMS/email messaging
- In app notifications
- Parent & student app
- Data collection
- Attendance insights
- Conduct insights
- Assessment insights
- Clubs & activities
- Timetable
- Reports
- School calendar
- Homework *H2 2026
- Parents' evening booking *H2 2026
- Google & Apple single sign-on *H2 2026
- Class management (Class View and Seating Plans)
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Secure
Education-focused data protection and cyber security
Includes:
- Complete data protection compliance platform
- Attack surface management
- Managed awareness training and phishing
- Threat intelligence updates
- DPO support service
- ICO-registered DPO contact
- Office 365 / Google security review
- Cloud endpoint security review
- Cloud data governance review
- Cloud audit log review
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Catering for modern schools and MATs
Your whole kitchen. One powerful platform.
Digitise every part of your catering operation; from meal planning and production to payments and reporting. Our cloud-based suite helps deliver best-in-class pupil safeguarding, boost meal uptake, and drive revenue.
Data security and compliance
Data security you can trust, compliance you can prove
Choose GDPRiS to simplify your GDPR compliance journey, strengthen data security, and safeguard your school’s reputation.
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