How reliable will your cashless catering
system be in five years time?
CHAFFORD HUNDRED CAMPUS
BUSINESS & ENTERPRISE COLLEGE For Chafford Hundred Campus Business & Enterprise College, the welcome answer is as reliable
as ever. Thanks to Gladstone Education's ongoing support, the school continues to save
Summary
administration and catering staff time, is able to keep pace with developments such as online
payments, and enjoys first-class technical support.
Chafford Hundred Campus Business & Enterprise
College replaced an old and unreliable cashless
Chafford Hundred Campus in Essex is a leading school in the UK government's Building Schools
catering system with Gladstone Education's
OnRecord Cashless solution in 2004. The OnRecord
for the Future programme and takes an innovative ICT-led approach to learning and
suite was interfaced seamlessly to the school's
administration. The site also includes nursery and primary schools, adult education facilities, and
management information system. At the same time,
Gladstone's OnRecord access integration was
a public library. Chafford Hundred has 750 pupils and plans to grow to 900 within two years.
introduced to control doors to the adjoining
primary school.
Since then, Chafford Hundred Campus has kept the
cashless catering software up-to-date. After four
years of use, the system is still saving administration
and catering staff time. As the school greatly
expands in numbers, OnRecord Cashless will
successfully meet the challenges ahead.
Solution
• OnRecord software - Cashless and Access
• Revaluation terminal
• EPOS tills
• Door Controllers and Proximity Card Readers
Gladstone Professional Services
• System installation
• Training services
• Support services
Benefits
Challenges faced
• Cashless catering with revaluation unit and online
payments/reports
• Multi-use card technology for catering, lockers, Before implementing Gladstone Education's OnRecord Cashless and OnRecord Access solutions
doors, and library management
in 2004, the school relied on a DOS-based system. The change to OnRecord was prompted by an
• Easily meets new demands from expanding pupil
numbers. upgrade to the school's Capita Management Information System (SIMS). Director of Business
and Resources Alan Wilders was looking for a replacement cashless catering solution that used
"When we first introduced Gladstone
the same SQL database technology for interfacing. The canteen staff also had concerns with the
OnRecord Cashless in 2004, it met all of our
school's old magnetic swipe cards and wanted to bring the school up to date with the
objectives. Now, more than four years later,
latest technology.
it's still working exceptionally well. Thanks to
the professional help from Gladstone
Education, our cashless catering system will
now support the school's development as
our numbers significantly expand."
Alan Wilders
Director of Business and Resources
Chafford Hundred Campus Secondary School
Education
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