Quick answer:
If you use Stripe, first withdraw the amount from the parent's wallet in Fees, then give the refund in Stripe.
If the payment provider used by your School is Stripe and you wish to give a parent/pupil a refund for a payment, this must be completed via Stripe. This process contains two stages.
1: Processing a Withdrawal from the Wallet under Fees in SchoolsBuddy
2: Giving the refund within the Stripe Portal
Processing a Withdrawal from the Wallet in SchoolsBuddy
To process the withdrawal in SchoolsBuddy please read the article Refunding Money Back to the Original Payment Method.
Giving the Refund through Stripe
- Log into your Schools Stripe account using the information that used when registering.
- When you have logged into the Dashboard of Stripe:
- Find the charge to be refunded in the Payments overview page.
- Click the Refund to the right of the charge.
- When selected, a pop-up box like the one in the image below. From there, you can enter the details specific to the Refund:
- The amount being refunded
- Reason for the refund
- If the reason selected is other, a note is required.

- Now the payment has been refunded in Stripe, if you have not yet processed a withdrawal from the Wallet in the Fees tab in SchoolsBuddy, go back to part 1.
If this is not done, any related Reports will be affected.