Dunbar Primary School tops table in Asda Cashpot for Schools

The supermarket giant’s Cashpot for Schools initiative sees the retailer donate 0.5 per cent of the value of its customers’ shopping to a primary school of their choice every time they shop using Asda rewards.

All 22,000 state-funded UK primary schools can get involved with the scheme and more than 21,500 have signed up to date.

The cash will go direct to schools for them to spend on whatever they need.

Top of the pile is Dunbar Primary School, which has a whopping £2,370 in its cashpot.

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Annette Newell, community champion at the town's Asda store, has been in her local community to tell schools about the initiative and has seen more £8,000 raised so far for schools in the area.  

Jacqui Mackinnon, headteacher at Dunbar Primary School, was delighted with the success.

She said: “Our parent council registered the school so that we could help raise funds to support our pupils and develop their surroundings to make their playgrounds more inviting.

“Through consulting with parents and pupils, we identified three areas for development and allowed our stakeholders to vote for their priorities.

“The total is currently sitting at £2,700, which will be such a welcome boost to our school. 

“We look forward to working with pupil voice groups to redesign areas of our playgrounds and select engaging resources and equipment for all children to enjoy.  

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“We also plan to purchase resources for our internal garden used predominantly by our primary one pupils and purchase more books for our libraries.

“We are overwhelmed by the commitment of our local community who have opted into the Asda Rewards app to support the school.

“It’s an easy process and we’re delighted by the support to our school from our community doing their normal weekly shop.

“Please keep scanning at the tills to raise funds for our school.”