This letter will be sent out to P1-7 families today.
iPayimpact was brought into West Lothian Council a few years ago to make it easier for parents/ carers to pay for school related payments as a more efficient way for office staff to handle money.
We still have a number of families who do not use this service. From August 2019, we require all families to use iPayimpact to pay for lunch, milk, residentials, nursery snack and any trips over £5. This is due to a reduction in the hours in the office, meaning we have less time to handle money therefore we need to take advantage of this service provided by the council.
If you do not use iPayimpact or have lost your log in can you please fill out the form below so we can issue you with a new log in. If you need some advice on how to use iPayimpact can you please tick the box below and Mrs Birrell will arrange a time for you to pop in or a phone call for support. If you currently use iPayimpact you do not need to complete the form below.
We appreciate your support with this.
The text from the original letter about iPayimpact is below.
We have now introduced a more convenient way to order and pay for primary school meals, trips, activities and other significant school purchases, using a secure internet service called iPayimpact.
You can pay your nursery child’s snack money for the term online. You can order your primary child’s meal for the day/weeks online and pay your meal and milk accounts and other activities directly instead of sending cash to school in your child’s pocket. You can put lump sums on your child’s meal account and as meals are taken it will be reduced by the cost of a meal each time so you don’t have to log on each day to make payment.
iPayimpact 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.
You will have a secure online account, creating your own unique username and password; with a secure activation via your email address. Once activated, you should keep your username and password safe and secure. Making a payment is straightforward and iPayimpact holds a payment history for you to view at any time; no card details are stored in any part of the system. Once you’ve activated your account you can make online payments straight away.
If you have more than one child at the same school or children at different schools in West Lothian, you will be able to connect all the children to your unique username and password and be able to make payments for all purchases in one single transaction. You may have already opened an account if you have a child at secondary school. (All secondary schools have been ‘live’ since February and all primary schools will be ‘going live’ during April/May).
I hope you will support us in achieving our goal to become a cashless school. Introducing this system provides you with the convenience of being able to pay at home whilst also removing potential risks to your children from carrying cash.
