ParentPay Insights

5 Ways to Cater for all Dietary Requirements in School Meals

School Meals: Allergy Menus in the Wake of Natasha’s Law

How has your school meal service responded to the requirements imposed by Natasha’s Law? While the purpose of Natasha’s Law is to enforce accurate labelling of potentially fatal allergens, it also represents a shift towards further inclusion and care for people living with food allergies.

6 Ideas to Support Staff Wellbeing in Schools

There is no secret to being able to effectively manage your own mental health and wellbeing, let alone that of your school staff. Maintaining positive mental health in schools is an ongoing process that requires constant investment. Everyone has their own individual needs and different levels of attention.

Get Involved in the NSPCC’s Big Breaktime with ParentPay

Transform your kitchen management with the most powerful tool available in Scotland today.

ParentPay Help Comic Relief Collect Almost Half a Million Pounds for Red Nose Day 2022

Increase your income with these school fundraising ideas

We’ve listened to the experiences of over 3,000 school staff and found that 19% of schools are planning to increase their fundraising activity in the coming year. Compare that to our previous research in 2020, which found this number to be 20%, and we can see that this is still a key focus for schools.

Need help getting parents involved with your new systems or processes?

These EdTech companies could help your school overcome its biggest challenges

Specialist cashless catering with ParentPay

Total Cashless Catering Solutions for Primary and Secondary schools. We are trusted by many local authorities and schools across Scotland, to deliver a seamless and secure solution for cashless catering. And we’re proud to be a chosen provider of Scotland Excel, for the provision of cashless catering.

ParentPay and Comic Relief continue partnership for Red Nose Day

Cashless payments made easy & reliable. Join us & see the difference.

We are thrilled to join the Scotland Excel framework

We are delighted to announce that we have been chosen to be part of the Scotland Excel framework for the supply and provision of cashless payments, cashless catering, and kitchen management software.

ParentPay collects over 700,000 pounds in donations from schools for BBC Children in Need

ParentPay Group acquires school meal ordering software provider BlueRunner

Through a parent’s eyes: Reviewing the school meal service

ParentPay Group Announces Acquisition of ESS in a Deal that Cements its Position as the UK’s Leading Ed-Tech

CMA Approves the Merger of ParentPay and ESS

We are delighted to announce that the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has unconditionally approved Education Software Solutions’ (ESS) merger with ParentPay. ESS, the leading provider of educational software in the UK whose databases are used in more than 19,000 schools, will become part of the ParentPay Group once the merger is completed. ParentPay is the leading provider […]

How to Improve Parent Activation

You’ve signed up to ParentPay, uploaded your pupils, added your bank accounts, set up your trips and payment items, and sent out the activation letters. But what happens when parents aren’t logging in and using the system? You don’t want all of your hard work to go to waste. Having ParentPay set up doesn’t automatically […]

ParentPay Collected over Half a Million Pounds from Schools Raising Funds for Red Nose Day 2021

The NSPCC and ParentPay Join Forces

ParentPay Limited, the UK market leader in online payments for schools, and the NSPCC (National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children), have announced their partnership for the charity’s 2021 Number Day. The partnership will support the fundraising efforts of thousands of schools and millions of families across the UK, by providing a secure […]

ParentPay and Comic Relief Join Forces for Red Nose Day 2021

A Statement from our IT Security Team

As is being widely reported, SolarWinds recently suffered a security breach, potentially impacting tens of thousands of SolarWinds customers worldwide. As a user of SolarWinds, as soon as ParentPay were made aware of the breach we isolated our systems and launched an immediate and thorough investigation. We have found no evidence to suggest ParentPay customer or partner data has been breached […]

ParentPay Donates to Food Banks Across the UK

After an immensely challenging year which has seen food banks experience record levels of need, the ParentPay Sales team felt compelled to help their local communities in any way they could. Despite the team residing in multiple locations across the UK, it has rallied round to make donations to support local food banks nationwide, as families face heightened […]

ParentPay Collects Half a Million Pounds from Schools Raising Funds for BBC Children in Need

Montagu Private Equity to Acquire Capita’s ESS Business and Invest in ParentPay Group ESS to Become Part of Parentpay Group, subject to approval

ParentPay in Seventh LSEG1000 Companies to Inspire Britain Report

ParentPay and BBC Children in Need Announce Partnership Extension

A Reflection on the Academic Year So Far

“They cannot stop me. I will get my education, if it’s in the home, school or anyplace” Malala Yousafzai As the 19/20 academic year has drawn to a close, with schools around the UK having already finished the summer term, we reflect on a year that has finished in a very different place to where […]

Practical Steps to Help Schools Go Cashless and Paperless

Since the Education Act of 1880, which made school compulsory for children aged 5-10, we have never experienced such a sustained disruption to education as Covid-19 has brought to bear.

Helping Schools and Parents in Challenging Times

Optimism in the face of adversity A conversation with Mark Brant, recently appointed CEO of ParentPay Group Written by Kate Schroeder As I write this, it seems like a strange time to be starting something new, but that got me thinking: Pretty much everything we knew and took for granted has changed in such a […]