ALDER Grange Community and Technology School in Rawtenstall has revealed that it will soon be able to accept payments online.

The school will be using a secure website call ParentPay to offer the services for parents.

A spokesman said: "We’re pleased to announce that we will shortly be accepting payments online for items such as dinner money, school trips and uniform.

"Using a secure website called ParentPay you will be able to pay online using your credit or debit card.

"ParentPay will be our preferred method of making payments to school.

"The more parents that use ParentPay, the greater the benefit is to our school.

"You can help us reduce workloads for all staff, creating more time to lend to educational support and the smooth running of the school.

"Using ParentPay also ensures that all financial transactions are safe and secure - helping us to remove costs associated with us having to manage cash securely on the school premises."

The new system is due to be introduced shortly.