Payroll Services
Essex Shared Services (ESS) offers a modern and efficient payroll solution which caters for a variety of sectors, from local authorities to schools and academies.
Proof of our expertise, we currently provide a comprehensive payroll service for over 48,000 employees – with ESS, there are no hidden extras and we continuously review our performance to improve customer service: 90% of our customers agreed that the service had met or exceeded expectations.
Built on our Education knowledge base, the ESS payroll product includes all the reporting and statutory returns, pension returns, payslips and payments to third parties, as well as a fully managed transition to our services from your current provider.
What our customers say about us:
“Wow, what a relief…it’s not often that anyone offers to lift burdens from us these days…A huge, huge thank you.”
Heather Baines, St Osyth’s School, Clacton
“Many thanks for all your help this year. I really appreciate it. We try not to make life too difficult for you, but you make our lives a whole lot easier!”
Pat Clements, The Columbus School, Chelmsford
Criminal Records Bureau (CRB) Checks
Essex County Council owns and operates Essex Disclosure Service an umbrella organization that manages the Criminal Records Bureau (CRB) checking process on behalf of companies, ensuring that all legal requirements are met.
Essex Disclosure Service provides expert advice and information, identifying your company requirements and employee CRB eligibility, and managing the entire checking process from start to finish on your company’s behalf. To find out more about the CRB checks service
visit our website or
download the ESS CRB leaflet.
Other services we provide