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.
27 May 2020St Lawrence share their cashless experience. St Lawrence CE Primary school is one of thousands of schools across the country that has changed the way they collect payments from parents. They’re using ParentPay in partnership with BT Lancashire Services to streamline income collection as well as saving valuable time and resource. Maria Smith, School Bursar explains: “Since introducing ParentPay, we have achieved 100% activation rate amongst parents which is great. We’re really pleased to have reached the stage where all our parents are paying online.”
6 September 2018Shakespeare Primary goes cashless. Shakespeare Primary school is one of 8000 schools using ParentPay. Like many, they started out with a simple objective, however, they soon found the vast majority of parents and staff saw the advantages of a cashless school environment. Like many School Business Managers, Deborah Latham from Shakespeare Primary School in Lancashire, was concerned about the problems associated with the collection of cash in school.