>80%
of UK school pupils
~23,000
Schools
~150
Ecosystem partners
The combination of ESS, the leading provider of administrative software solutions for the UK education sector, used daily by ~19k schools to manage their operations and support students, teachers and parents, and ParentPay, the UK market leader in online school payments.
A Montagu business
- ESS’ flagship software product ‘SIMS’ is the UK’s leading management information system which forms the backbone of school’s IT ecosystems
- ParentPay provides essential payment services to 3 million parents and over 11,000 schools across 200 local authorities
- Attractive business model with highly recurring revenues from a large installed base
- Growing and resilient end-markets underpinned by an ongoing digital transformation, increasing administrative complexity and more sophisticated customer needs
A focus on improving educational outcomes
The focus of the value creation process is to:
- Support the separation from Capita
- Increase investment in product innovation and customer service
- Integrate ESS and ParentPay to use their combined expertise and network to support and accelerate innovation across both businesses
