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December 15, 2020
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 [...]
December 15, 2020
Due to the fantastic fundraising efforts from schools, and generous donations from parents, over half a million pounds in donations was collected for BBC Children in Need via our secure school payment platform. Funds raised will go towards providing funding to over 3,900 local charities that support children and young people across the UK [...]
December 14, 2020
Montagu Private Equity (“Montagu”), a leading European private equity firm, today announces it has agreed to acquire the Education Software Solutions business (“ESS”) of Capita plc and has also agreed to invest in ParentPay Group (“ParentPay”), a leading provider of education technology. Following successful completion of both investments, [...]
November 03, 2020
ParentPay recognised in seventh edition of London Stock Exchange Group’s 1000 Companies to Inspire Britain report Report identifies fastest-growing and most dynamic small and medium-sized businesses (SMEs) across the UK ParentPay’s inclusion reflects its commitment to providing jobs and driving the economy ParentPay has been identified as one [...]
October 14, 2020
ParentPay Limited, the UK market leader in online payments for schools, and BBC Children in Need, have announced an extension to their partnership for the charity’s 2020 Appeal. The partnership, which began in 2019, will continue to support the fundraising efforts of thousands of schools and millions of families across the UK, by providing a [...]
August 05, 2020
“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 it began. What started as a normal school year [...]
June 18, 2020
Practical steps to help schools go cashless and paperless Written by Kate Schroeder 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. As we begin to emerge from lockdown many aspects are still unclea r . T he [...]
May 27, 2020
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 short time and we are adapting to [...]
February 13, 2020
ParentPay is one of a handful of suppliers in the education sector to be awarded ISO 27001:2013 compliance certification by assessors accredited by the UK’s National Accreditation Service (UKAS). UKAS has established strict standards and practices to ensure appropriate levels of quality and independence. Matt Jones, Chief Operating Officer at [...]
February 05, 2020
Having led ParentPay to become one of the UK’s fastest-growing tech companies, fintech entrepreneur Clint Wilson has named Mark Brant as his successor The ParentPay Group, the market-leading payment platform for schools, has today announced that Mark Brant, the former Managing Director of PayPal UK, will become its new CEO, as the company [...]