SAMPeople and SAMPayroll at NCL
At Newham Community Learning, we work as a community of staff, parents and students to ensure the best possible educational outcomes for our students.
As part of our work to ensure transparency and consistency, and to minimise any administrative burden on staff, we have introduced SAMPeople – an online platform that supports all aspects of onboarding, development, pay and leave for staff. We have also, effective September 2025, introduced SAMPayroll, which will mean that our payroll management is more accurate for staff and more efficiently managed at Trust level.
For further support, please contact your HR Team who are always happy to help.
A – SAMPeople – includes the self service MySAM Portal
Access to book onto live online webinars – please click on this link and follow the instructions
NCL video – 2 minute video re the operation of MySAM
NCL SAM Users – (a) Permissions, workflows, Arbor writebacks etc. and (b) Role identifiers, positions mapping, departments and WFC codes
Guidance for staff – MySAM self service portal
MySAM booklet – written guide
Updating my details – written guide
How to make an absence request – written guide
How to manage my return to work – written guide
How to book additional working hours – written guide
How to review my payslip – written guide
How to submit an expense claim – written guide
Guidance for line managers – MySAM/MyTeam
MySAM for Managers’ – written guide
Managing absence requests for my team – written guide
How to manage RTW for my team – written guide
Guidance for SBMs and HR Staff
Index of help – written guide: you will need to set up a login on the SAM Help screen to access these guides – click the purple button and ‘FEPS Help’
Adding a new member of staff – written guide
Adding and editing absences – written guide
Managing cases – written guide
Running the Workforce Census from SAMPeople – video [click on the 3 dots to adjust playback speed] and checklist for setup of SWFC in SAM
B – SAMPayroll – guidance for those working with Payroll
NCL Payroll cut off dates – listing for September to December 2025 [additional periods to be added]
NCL Payroll settings at Trust level – key settings in place
Checking to be done before the SAMPayroll export report is run [see link below] – check list of actions to work through
How to run the Payroll export from SAMPeople – written guide
For information – options for Payroll settings at Trust and school level
Staff should contact their local HR team should they have any payroll queries.