At Pedmore High School we use two type of payments: The Inspire system is used for catering payments and Parent Pay for everything else.

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Catering payments on Inspire

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Your child has been issued with an ID Card that has their name and photo on it.  This card can be used at the school’s tills to purchase food at breakfast, break and lunch times.  You will be able to top up your child’s card using your INSPIRE account and clicking on the cafeteria tab on the left-hand side.   

 

There are three options to top up your child’s card:

• By bank card with an amount of your choice.

• By setting up a Direct Debit of £15.00. The system will automatically top up when your child’s balance falls below £5.00.  If you select this option you can also set a low balance alert so you know when money will be taken from your bank.

• Via PayPal

 

The first time you top up your child’s account we suggest that you set a daily limit. This can be changed at any time.

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Free School Meal students will automatically get a daily allowance of £2.40 this can be use at break time or lunch time to purchase food. Parents can also add money to FSM students’ cards to enable them to purchase additional meals or drinks in school. The system will automatically use the FSM allocation element first each day.

 

For any information regarding applying for free school meals, click here

 

 

 

 

Should you require any further information regarding the cashless catering system please do not hesitate to contact your child’s pastoral Head of Year.

 

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Parent Pay

 

Parent Pay is our preferred payment method for items such as school trips and revision guides. Using a secure website called ParentPay you will be able to pay online using your credit / debit card or continue to make cash payments at Pay Point stores.

 

What are the benefits to parents & pupils?

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• ParentPay is easy-to-use and will offer you the freedom to make online payments whenever and wherever you like, 24/7

• The technology used is of the highest internet security available ensuring that your money will reach school safely – offering you peace of mind

• Payments can be made by credit/debit card or also through Pay Point

• Full payment histories, balance alerts and statements are available to you securely online at anytime

• You can help us reduce workloads for all staff as no more counting cash, chasing debt and stop cash collection services

• Creates more time to lend to educational support and the smooth running of the school

• Improves school security

• Using ParentPay also ensures that all financial transactions are safe and secure – helping us to remove costs associated with us having to manage cash securely on the school premises

 

How to get started with ParentPay?

 

We will send you your account activation details. Once you receive these:

• Visit parentpay.com

 

• Enter your Activation username and password in the Account Login section of the homepage

1. These are for one-time use only, please choose your own username and password for future access during the activation process

 

• Provide all the necessary information and choose your new username

and password for your account – registering your email address will enable us to send you receipts and reminders

 

• Once activation is complete you can go to straight to Items for payment, select which item(s) you want to add to your basket and proceed to complete your payment

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