Arbor Pay

At Irlam and Cadishead Academy, we use Arbor Pay as a convenient way for parents/carers to pay for meals and other items such as trips, revision packs etc. You can book and pay securely online using a debit or credit card including Apple Pay and Google Pay. Paying online gives you the peace of mind that comes with knowing that your money reaches the school safely. 

Before your child starts school, you will receive an email with your Arbor Parent Portal activation details. Once received please follow the following steps: 

Step 1 - School will send you an email containing your Arbor Parent Portal Username and activation details. 

Step 2 - To finish creating your account, you just need to set a password. You can do this by going to login.arbor.sc, clicking on ‘Forgotten Password?’ and following the instructions on screen.

Step 3 – Once you have logged into the Parent Portal you will be able pay for any items, trips or meals.

More information can be found on the Arbor website: Arbor Help Centre

alternatively, you may contact the School Finance Office by emailing finance@irlamandcadsihead.org.uk. 

• It enables you to pay for meals and other items such as trips/revision packs. 
• Offers a highly secure payment site. 
• Gives you a history of all the payments you have made. 
• Allows you to have a single account login across all your children that attend other schools that use Arbor Pay. 
• Shows you all items available for payment relevant to each of your children. 
• Emails a receipt of your payment to the email address you register. 
• Offers you the ability to set automated email/SMS payment reminders. 

How does Arbor Pay help you? 

• Gives you the freedom to make payments to school whenever and wherever you like. 
• Stops you having to write cheques or search for cash to send to school. 
• Gives you peace of mind that your payment has been made safely and securely. 
• Helps with budgeting; payments are immediate, there is no waiting for cheques to clear. 
• Payments for many of the larger trips can be made by instalments up to the due date. 
• You will never need miss a payment, or have insufficient credit, with automated email/SMS alerts. 
• Arbor Pay is quick and easy to use. 

How does Arbor Pay help school? 

• Reduces paper waste 
• Allows for easy and quick refunds to be made back to the payment card 
• Keeps accurate records of payments made to every child