HCSS Education 

HCSS Education was acquired in December 2015 as a very successful education software organisation focused primarily on high quality education budgeting software to support maintained schools, academies and multi academy trusts.

A key differentiator was the education specific functionality and design supported by education experts in the field – offering training, support and bespoke consultancy services.

In 2016, HCSS Education as part of The Access Group, launched a new product HCSS Accounting – the need for a more complete finance package had become increasingly relevant to the growing number of academies and multi academy trust organisations.

As schools convert to academies, one of the biggest changes they go through is taking over full financial accountability for the running of their school – this requires accountancy software, however the intricacies of school financial management – different pay grades, complex salary and pension requirements, DfE budgets etc – means that standard accountancy packages can be hard to use – HCSS Accounting offers all the benefits of a full accountancy package, tailored to Education.

In 2017, The Access Group then acquired Selima – offering intuitive cloud-based HR Software and connected payroll service, Selima specialised in providing solutions for the hospitality and education sectors – Selima for Education became HCSS People.

On 12th November 2018, HCSS Education formally re-branded to Access Education, aligning fully under The Access Group brand.