Glasgow parents are paying for school dinners and trips online as secondaries and primaries go completely cashless in a move praised for ending free meal stigma.
Using ParentPay, families can pay for school trips and other costs and parents of primary children can pre-order meals in advance. Another system will also see forms and permission slips available online instead of pupils bringing them home in school bags to be filled in.
The new online service Parents Portal, which can be used for filling out consent forms, viewing the calendar and completing the annual data check - is being rolled out on a phased basis to different schools.
