Skip to content
The Access GroupPackaging change · Package change · Jul 6 → Jul 13, 2026

The Access Group Gcsepod overhauls pricing: 3 subject tiers, new £150 setup fee

Verified Jul 13, 2026Finance & AccountingDirection: neutral
The changeKS-stage packaging — package change.
1 change2 capturesJul 6, 2026 → Jul 13, 2026

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.

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 compared

Full-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.

Sign in to see the evidence

The two full-page captures with this change marked up are free with an account.

The Access Group, pricing history

Full history
  1. Jul 20, 2026packagingThe Access Group Gcsepod trims Learning Pack to Computing, GCSE CS and Business
  2. 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 changes
  1. SageJul 6Sage hikes Payroll prices across all plans, trims free trial to 2 months
  2. MicrosoftJul 6Microsoft Copilot bundles Business Premium, Standard plans with Copilot access
  3. SAP SEJun 2SAP SE scraps HCM pricing plans, replaces with generic ERP quote page

Questions 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.