School Gateway- Help For Parents

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Account Activation

First time login

  • Enter your email address and mobile number that is registered with your child’s school

New User

  • Select Send PIN- your 4 digit PIN will be sent via text message to your mobile phone
  • You will need this PIN number each time you log in so keep it safe!

First time login

  • Your email address will be pre-filled, enter your 4 digit PIN number
  • Click Login to get started

Logging in

First time login

  • Once you have logged in you will be directed to the My Schools page

My Schools

  • The schools that you are linked to will be shown
  • Your registered email address and your child/children are displayed

NB:If any of these details are not correct please contact your school

Making Payments

  • To view and/or make a payment select Make a payment
  • If you are linked to more than one school, select a school from the drop down Linked school(s) list
  • Tick the Make payment tick box next to the item you wish to pay
  • If there are limited places available, this will be shown in brackets in the item description

MAke a payment

  • Parental consent or a parental comment may be required
  • Tick the Parental consent (required) box if you are happy to give consent
  • Enter your comment in the Comment box if required

Consent and comment

  • To continue, choose another item to pay or if you have finished select the View my basket button
  • You will be shown a summary of your payment

Payment summary

  • To return to the items available for payment select Back to payments
  • To proceed with your payment, select Checkout

Lunch Money

  • Select Lunch money to view or top up your child’s lunch money account

Lunch Money

  • Click Top up to add funds to the lunch money account
  • You will be redirected to the Make a Payment screen

MAke a payment

  • Select the Dinner money item and enter the amount you wish to pay
  • To continue, choose another item to pay for, or if you have finished select View my basket
  • You will be shown a summary of your payment
  • To return to the items available for payment select Back to payments
  • To proceed with your payment, select Checkout

Payment Screens

  • Enter your card details and cardholder information

  • To complete your payment select Submit payment
  • To clear the form and start again, select Clear Form
  • You may be redirected to a security screen. This will be Verified by Visa or MasterCard SecureCode depending on your card type
  • When your payment is authorised the transaction details are displayed

  • To print your payment summary, click Print
  • Select Complete Payment. You will then be returned to the School Gateway where you will be shown the Payment transaction details

Paynent Transaction Summary

  • To return to the list of payment items available to you, select Back to the payments page
  • You will receive an email confirming the payment details

Payment History

  • Select Payment History to view and download your payment history

Your transaction history will be listed

Payment History

  • Narrow your transaction history by using the search options
  • Select a school if you are registered to multiple schools
  • If you are registered to more than one child, narrow your search by entering the students name
  • Select a start date and/or end date of when a payment was made
  • Select Show to run the search
  • To view details of a transaction select View details

Payment History Details

  • Details of the transaction will be shown at the bottom of the screen in Transaction details
  • To save a copy of your payment history select Download

Change your PIN

  • Change your PIN by selecting Change PIN

Change PIN

  • Enter your current PIN
  • Enter your new PIN and again to confirm it
  • Select OK to save the changes

Resetting your PIN

  • To reset your PIN, select the Forgotten your PIN? button on the login screen

Reset PIN

  • Enter your email address and the mobile number that is registered with the school and select Send PIN
  • A new PIN will be sent to your mobile number