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Delivering an accurate, timely and secure payroll service to New Zealand schools.

Education Payroll is responsible for paying around 100,000 teachers and support staff in around 2,500 schools every fortnight. That’s approximately $283 million each pay period and $7.4 billion each year.

The complexity of the schools’ payroll system is constantly evolving, and we work to make things as easy as possible for our customers. EdPay ‒ our online portal for schools to submit payroll instructions ‒ is designed with and for schools.

We also provide phone advice and guidance to school administrators and principals, assess teachers’ qualifications and experience to set their correct salaries, administer third-party payments and manage overpayments.

It’s the combination of people, processes and cutting-edge technology that enables us to do this well. Our agile approach enables us to be flexible and adaptable, and respond to changes in education sector payroll requirements.

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Annual Report 2023–2024 published

Our Annual Report for the 2023–24 financial year is now available. This sets out our strategic and operational performance and our financial statements for 2023–24 and should be read in conjunction with our Statement of Intent 2021–2025. Education Payroll’s purpose is to deliver an accurate, timely and secure payroll service to schools and kura. Every fortnight… Read more »

Statement of Performance Expectations and Statement of Intentions published

Our Statement of Performance Expectations 2024–2025 and our Statement of Intentions 2024–2028 have been published. The Statement of Performance Expectations sets out the specific standards we have committed to achieve in the year starting from 1 July 2024 and our prospective financial statements. The Statement of Intentions sets out how we plan to deliver on… Read more »