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Administrative cost saving. Online payments?

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user1483972886 · 26/06/2017 06:54

Dcs are at a small primary (less than 100 on roll) so finances are tight. However we have 2 administration people. 2 x 80%. Which is a lot compared to other schools aound us (most have 1).
Has anyone looked at ways to reduce administration costs? How about online banking currently everything is cash / cheque so £2s for this and that and in some cases people paying daily for lunch...
I can only think this is an administrative burden.
Has anyone else gone to online banking or one of these school payment systems?
Our nursery swopped from cash to online banking and the parents aND staff found it easier.
I am thinking if we can reduce cash payments we can reduce administration staff and hence wages?
Anyone have any experience of this?

Many thanks

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Farahilda · 30/06/2017 18:59

But why is the administration of the school your business? Are you a teacher? A governor?

If you do have a role in this, then you really need to start by looking at your costs, and at the actual administration required to run the school. Then you can work out if it can be done differently.

Don't fall in to the snare of thinking 'we must do something, this is something, we must do it' or the one of thinking computerised = better.

unfortunateevents · 30/06/2017 22:17

Who is this "we"?! What is your involvement in this, apart from being a parent?

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