The Access Group Gcsepod overhauls pricing: 3 subject tiers, new £150 setup fee
What happened
Between the Jul 6, 2026 and Jul 13, 2026 captures of The Access Group's pricing page, Pulse recorded one change: Moved from 2 KS-stage plans (£7.95/£11.95 per pupil) to 3 subject plans (£1.60/£2.56/£4 per pupil/year); added per-school 'Unlimited' billing and a new £150 one-time platform fee. Pulse files it as a packaging change (package change) with a neutral direction. Pulse's latest capture (Jul 20, 2026) lists Whole School Learning Bundle at GBP 7.95 and GCSE Success Plan at GBP 11.95.
This is the first pricing-page change Pulse has recorded for The Access Group. The Access Group has been tracked since 2026-04-28.
In the same window Sage, Microsoft and SAP SE also changed their Finance & Accounting pricing pages. Those moves are listed further down, and the Pulse Agent can compare them side by side.
- KS-stage · PackagingPackage change
Moved from 2 KS-stage plans (£7.95/£11.95 per pupil) to 3 subject plans (£1.60/£2.56/£4 per pupil/year); added per-school 'Unlimited' billing and a new £150 one-time platform fee.
| Plan | Field | Before | After | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KS-stage | Packaging | — | 3 | Package change |
Values as written on The Access Group's public pricing page in the two captures Pulse compared; where the page states no number, the cells give the wording before and after.
Evidence
The two captures Pulse comparedFull-page captures of The Access Group's pricing page (www.theaccessgroup.com) from Jul 6, 2026 and Jul 13, 2026; the change is marked in the lower part of the page.
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The Access Group, pricing history
Full history- Jul 20, 2026packagingThe Access Group Gcsepod trims Learning Pack to Computing, GCSE CS and Business
- Jul 13, 2026packagingThe Access Group Gcsepod overhauls pricing: 3 subject tiers, new £150 setup fee · this change
Across Finance & Accounting in the same window
All Finance & Accounting changesQuestions about this change
Did The Access Group raise prices in July 2026?
No list-price increase was recorded between Jul 6, 2026 and Jul 13, 2026. The change Pulse detected was a packaging change: package change.
What changed on The Access Group's pricing page between Jul 6, 2026 and Jul 13, 2026?
Moved from 2 KS-stage plans (£7.95/£11.95 per pupil) to 3 subject plans (£1.60/£2.56/£4 per pupil/year); added per-school 'Unlimited' billing and a new £150 one-time platform fee. Pulse compared the captures it took on Jul 6, 2026 and Jul 13, 2026; the before/after table above lists each item as written on the page.
How often does The Access Group change its pricing?
Pulse recorded 0 other pricing-page changes for The Access Group in the 90 days before this one; The Access Group has been tracked since 2026-04-28.
