ParentPay
We are a cashless school. We use ParentPay, a secure online payment system, for the following:
Booking and payment for school meals
Permissions and/or payment for school trips
Purchasing of school equipment
You simply top-up your ParentPay account online by debit or credit card. Your ParentPay balance can be used immediately to pay for any of your children’s items at any school using ParentPay.
You will be sent your ParentPay login details once your child joins the school. If you need any support with logging onto ParentPay, please contact us.
Making secure payments online using your credit or debit card
ParentPay offers you the freedom to make payments whenever and wherever you like, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week - safe in the knowledge that the technology used is of the highest internet security available.
Parents get a secure online account, activated using your unique username and password; when you sign up for the first time you will be prompted to change these, and to keep them safe and secure. If you have more than one child at our school, or children at another ParentPay school, you can create one single account login for all your children regardless of which school they attend.
Making a payment is straightforward and ParentPay holds a payment history for you to view at a later date; no card details are stored in any part of the system. Once you have activated your account you can make online payments straight away.
If you are unable to pay online you can use PayPoint instead
Using PayPoint
PayPoint payments are recorded by ParentPay and can be seen by logging into your ParentPay account and viewing your payment history online. There are a number of PayPoint shops within the Ryde Community.
Please contact reception if you wish to use the PayPoint facility via contactus@rydeacademy.org or 01983 567 331. A plastic card will be issued to you to make cash payments for school meals at local PayPoint stores. The first card is free of charge; however, any lost or damaged cards will be charged at £1.00 each. Payment cards take about two weeks to arrive but we can issue a barcode letter as an interim measure.
For further information on ParentPay please see the FAQs or visit www.parentpay.com.