ParentPay

ParentPay is the UK’s leading fully inclusive online payments and income management solution used in over 2,500 schools. ParentPay is enabling schools, caterers and local authorities to take online bookings and payments for school meals from up to 1 million parents across the UK.

Why use ParentPay?

ParentPay allows schools to become more efficient by removing the burdens surrounding the collection and administration of cash or cheques - as a result our schools have reported savings of up to £15,000 per annum. 

Schools can collect and manage income for all schools items including, trips, clubs, uniforms and much more.

Our school meal management software is used by caterers across the UK to collect income and meal bookings, improving efficiency and increasing school meal uptake by up to 80% in some cases.

ParentPay is the only fully inclusive school payment solution allowing parents can pay online by debit/credit card or in cash at any of 23,000 PayPoint stores across the UK.

ParentPay includes a school/home communications system so schools can communicate seamlessly with parents. Combining email and text messaging with print mail merge the ParentPay Communication Centre further reduces costs in school.

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ParentPay – What we are doing to support NSMW?

We will be encouraging up to 10,000 of our parents to take part in a major school meals research exercise, which will help inform the future direction of school catering. The LACA/ParentPay research will be one of the largest surveys ever into school meals.

Find out more about this research and how to get hold of your copy