esenda and SOCS simplify co-curricular payments

esenda has partnered with SOCS, the leading co-curricular management platform used by schools worldwide, to deliver a fully integrated payments experience for extracurricular activities and wider school programmes.

School life doesn’t stop at the classroom, and neither do the payments.

Clubs. Trips. Fixtures. Music lessons. Wraparound care. With this new partnership, Schools using SOCS can process these payments securely through esenda’s global payments infrastructure.

The result is a seamless, secure and efficient way for schools to manage activity payments, while making it easier for parents to pay.

An opportunity for schools to enhance cashflow

Traditionally, many schools add activity costs onto termly bills after the event, creating delays, manual reconciliation, and avoidable cashflow pressure.

Now, schools can request payment upfront at the point of booking.

That means:

• Improved cashflow
• Fewer outstanding balances
• Less end-of-term reconciliation
• Greater financial control
• A consistent payment experience for parents

At a time when financial resilience matters more than ever, collecting at the point of commitment is a meaningful opportunity for schools to enhance their cashflow.

Secure by Design

Every payment flows through esenda’s secure payment infrastructure, with built-in compliance, fraud protection and full visibility across transactions.

Schools don’t need another system to manage. With esenda, they simply gain better control over the one thing that underpins every activity: payment.

Payments That Follow the School

This integration reflects esenda’s ecosystem-first approach: payments should follow the school, not sit in isolated systems.

Whether a payment originates in an MIS, admissions platform, school website or co-curricular system like SOCS, esenda provides the secure infrastructure underneath, creating a unified, consistent payment experience across the entire school environment.