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School Meals

Cashless Catering System

We operate a ‘Cashless System’ for payment of food and drink items purchased in our Refectory.

Students pay termly, monthly, weekly or daily for school meals by:

  • Parent Pay - this is the main way to pay for school meals. The system can also be used to pay for educational visits and resources (please see information under Parent Pay and Parent Apps).
  • Student Card - each student is identified using this proximity card at the till and the cost of food purchased is deducted from their account – subject to a maximum of £7 per day (or a selected minimum/maximum limit selected by you).
  • Cash - can be paid into a catering account by the students using one of the two 'Revaluation Stations' located in the entrance to the Refectory. We would ask that you use Parent Pay or PayPoint where possible.

Parents/carers are able to view transactions through Parent Pay.

Students entitled to free school meals will automatically have the cost of a free meal credited to their account daily – this credit can be spent either at break or lunchtime, but is only credited once and additional credit is required to cover the cost of any purchases over and above the free school meal value. It should be noted that any unspent funds will not be carried forward to the next day.

Any queries relating to catering should be directed to the Catering Manager in the school Refectory and queries relating to other items should be directed to the Office Manager or Operations Manager in the main school office.

All students will be entered onto the system on their first day in school and the system will be explained to them in detail at that time.

Should you have any queries with regard to this system, please do not hesitate to contact the Operations Manager.