Making an Instant Book booking for activities, breakfast club or trips

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Sign in and select the Activities & Clubs tab, then select Select on the breakfast club or trip. Turn on the toggle next to your child’s name for each booking, select Book, accept the terms and select Pay. You get a confirmation email when it is done.

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Making an Instant Book booking for activities, breakfast club or trips

For parents booking an activity, club or trip for their child in SchoolsBuddy.

Choose your bookings

  1. Sign in to SchoolsBuddy. You start on the homepage. Select the Activities & Clubs tab.

    Your school may use a different name for this tab.

    Screenshot: the Activities and Clubs tab on the parent homepage
  2. You see one or more boxes, depending on what is available to you. Find the breakfast club or school trip box and select Select.

    Screenshot: the available booking boxes with their Select buttons
  3. The available bookings are listed. To book one, turn on the toggle next to your child’s name. You can filter the list by day, group or event type.

    Screenshot: the list of available bookings with a toggle for each child
  4. Once you select a booking, a timer next to Book shows how long you have to complete your selections. When you have chosen everything, select Book.

    Screenshot: the time remaining message next to the Book button

Confirm and pay

  1. Read the terms and conditions in the pop-up. To accept them, turn on the toggle and select OK.

    Screenshot: the terms and conditions pop-up
  2. A summary of your bookings and the total amount appears. To change your bookings, select Edit/ Add More. If you are happy, select Pay.

    Screenshot: the booking summary with the Edit/ Add More and Pay buttons
  3. Depending on your school’s online payment provider, a pop-up asks for your card details.

  4. A confirmation message appears on screen and you receive an email with a summary of your bookings.

Can I pay with childcare vouchers?

Depending on your school’s policy, you may be able to pay by childcare voucher before you give the vouchers to the school. A debit is added to your voucher balance and cleared when the school receives the voucher.

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