The best move we ever made was getting involved with Steve and the team at Education Services. 

Their reporting format is simple, clean and easy to understand for all Board Members. Meeting regularly with Steve and the team on our site to look at direction, budgeting, skills and advice has helped our school move forward to a better financial position. 

We enjoy all communication with the firm and find it easy to meet deadlines knowing that they will deliver what we want when we want it. 

I have no hesitation in recommending Education Services.

Wiremu Pearson, Principal, Tamatea Primary School

St Benedict's school has used Education Services since 2005. We find them very efficient and they provide us with excellent support without fail. 

Our monthly reports are tailored to our specific requirements and we get a full set of useful data each month. 

Their staff members are very obliging and are available at any time to assist us with a query or request. 

We appreciate their work for us and strongly recommend Educations Services to any future clients.

Rosemarie Ellis, Former Principal, St Benedict's School, Khandallah, Wellington

Highlands Intermediate School has over many years benefited from the guidance and financial advice of Education Services. We receive regular visits to review and plan the school's finances and have every confidence in the service they provide. 

It is reassuring to know that Education Services are only a telephone call away to offer support to the school and Board of trustees. There is always a immediate response to and query and they have the ability and expertise to produce the financial reports within a tight time frame to meet the demands of the school. 

The partnership between Highlands Intermediate school and Education Services is an important one, as financial stability enables the school to continue providing quality education for the students of this school.

Eric Shaw, Retired Principal, Highlands Intermediate School

I had used Education Services in other schools prior to my appointment at Opunake and found their service to be highly effective and professional. 

Opunake had been completing their own accounts and the systems were difficult to follow and the audit process a nightmare. We became clients of ESL three years ago and have never regretted the decision.

We access up to date information electronically, receive graphs every quarter and detailed reports are accurate and easy to follow. Time spent processing accounts has reduced greatly and the office administrator finds the system much simpler. Additional assistance is only a phone call away and it is nice to speak directly with the person who prepares our accounts. 

Our school is 'fund holder' for EHSAS and JSIF projects and accurate reporting to partner schools is made easy with the detailed reports prepared by Education Services. 

We strongly recommend Education Services to any future clients.

Lorraine Williamson, Principal, Opunake Primary School

Education Services have been Northland School's financial reporting provider for many years. 

When I arrived several years ago as a first-time Principal it was with great relief to find that the school's financial services were in excellent hands and that no question of mine was too small or low-level for them to answer. Help was always just a quick phone call away. 

The detailed, easy to follow monthly reports allow me to keep a supervisory eye on the day-to-day expenditure of the school. The monthly summary sheets provides the Board with a clear easy to follow picture of the school's finances. 

New accounting requirements and procedures are never a problem for us as Education Services are there to provide up-to-the minute advice and guidance.

Jeremy Edwards, Principal, Northland School, Wellington

"WOW" what a difference Education Services has made to our efficiency and much more than just fiscal efficiency. It has also allowed us to be more accurate with strategic planning ensuring we get the best value from our funds. 

Steve was invaluable to our school as we transitioned from a executive officer system to that of Education Services. He assisted our whole office team to get the new systems up and running and ongoing help is readily available and timely - no question is a dumb question for ESL. 

Steve also walked us through a quality budgeting process and I rate this as some of the most relevant professional development I have received as a first time principal. 

We have had the freedom of designing our budget with codes to align with school priorities and the reports are extremely easy to use - especially for a new Board. 

We strongly recommend this service to all schools.

Laurayne Tafa, Principal, Stanhope Road School, Auckland

Education Services have provided us with peace of mind over our finances. Their processes are transparent and assist us to ensue we can track our spending at all times. 

I have appreciated the regular reports. These have enabled each of our budget holders to learn how to control and manage their dimension of the budget. The quality, and the level, of current documentation which is provided in a timely fashion for each Bot meeting monthly is assisting us all to be active members of the whole school team. We are all engaged in overseeing our spending, and setting the budget lines each annual round with increasing understanding and confidence. 

As a principal I have appreciated the advice and regular updates as well as ongoing discussion which has seen all of us at Board level able to make the most of the meagre funds we have allocated under the guise of the Operations Grant. 

The other dimension which I have found outstanding is Steve's teams absolute lack of financial jargon, when responding to any of our queries. This has ensured as a layperson I have become increasingly upskilled and confident about articulating in more depth about our finances. 

Education Services operates with integrity, actively living its vision, seeking out and readily implementing any feedback which could improve the fine service we already enjoy. Our relationship means we have more time to dedicate ourselves to engaging with our 21st century learners in the joys of seeing them aspire to fulfil their educational opportunities and achievements.

Mary Ann Baxter, Former Principal, Hamilton Girls' High School

Whangarei Primary School converted to Education Services in July of 2006 when they took over from the former Northland based School Accounting Support Services (SASS). 

We have been really pleased with the transition and are really happy with the service offered. 

The staff is very approachable and obliging. We have found the monthly reports to be very easy to follow and they provide a thorough account of the schools finances. 

I would thoroughly recommend Education Services as a very professional and efficient provider.

Geoff Skudder, Former Principal, Whangarei Primary School

Education Services have provided a complete financial property package for our school for many years. 

Specialising in working with schools, Education Services have knowledge of MOE systems and guidelines second to none. We know that their work will support our school to meet requirements, and with these ever changing, that's important. 

Financial and property management is inseparable, and the service provided by Education Services to manage this as a package makes sense for us. Monthly and annual financial reporting, annual audit and asset management is stress less. 

Property planning and review, project management, and the 'financial side" of property projects are taken care of. 

The work done by Education Services allows our school managers and administrative staff to attend to other work. All in all, it's a very efficient solution!

Geoff Simes, Principal, Durie Hill School

We have used Education Services to manage our property arrangements for quite some years but we always managed our own finances with our own staff. 

We didn't appreciate how vulnerable this made us until our finance executive officer became ill. It was then that we realised the risks we were taking and the Board of Trustees had no hesitation in joining the many schools being financially managed through the team at Education Services. 

We are in our second year with Education Services and I can honestly say that we not only have peace of mind but we have been able to reduce the cost of managing our finances because we no longer need to employ full time staff just to deal with finance. 

This change has been a win-win for us.

Charles Oliver, Principal, Wanganui Intermediate School