Parent Pay - Electronic payment for Academy meals

Dear Parent

Q3 Academy will soon be offering you another more convenient way to pay for your child's Academy meals.
The Academy will be using a new service called ParentPay® and we are sure you will want to help us implement this cashless payment system for meals.

When the system goes live you can start making payments for your child's (children's) Academy meals. Please indicate on the return slip in your letter which method you would prefer to use to make the payments if you choose to use this system. Even if your child does not take Academy meals at the moment we would still like you to indicate which would be your chosen payment method.

1. Online using your credit or debit card

ParentPay offers you the freedom to make payments whenever and wherever you like 24-7, safe in the knowledge that the technology used is the highest internet security available.

Your family has a secure online account, which can be accessed with a unique user ID and password. You can change these to something you will easily remember. ParentPay enables you to view all items available to each of your children along with relevant costs and details.

Making a payment is easy, you simply select the item to pay and follow the instructions to complete your payment. You can pay for multiple items during a single online session. ParentPay holds an electronic record of your payments to view at a later date should you wish. No card details are stored in any part of the system.

2. Use a PayPoint^TM card and pay cash at local stores

For those of you who prefer to continue using cash can pay for Academy meals in local PayPoint stores. Those parents choosing to use PayPoint as their preferred method will receive a payment card through the post and may start using it immediately.

PayPoint payments are also recorded by ParentPay and can be seen by logging onto your ParentPay account and viewing your payment history.

If we are able to get everyone to become a part of the new system it would help the Academy enormously.

Please see below for more information on ParentPay

Caroline Badyal.
Principal Designate/Chief Executive