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CASE STUDY: CASHLESS CATERING
Julie Cooper, School Business Manager, Imberhorne School, East Grinstead, West Sussex (1,640 pupils): ‘We decided to implement a new cashless catering system in November 2011. The driving force was our desire to reduce the amount of cash being brought into school by students, and to speed up the lunchtime queues at the canteen tills. With cash takings of nearly £1,000 a day at that time, we were also paying for a secure pick-up to transport the cash to the bank, which cost around £2,000 a year. Following investigative work, including visits to, and conversations with, schools that already had biometric or card systems in place, we opted to use biometrics. We chose to work with Cunninghams
for the catering system, and ParentPay for the payment platform. This system means Free School Meal
(FSM) students remain completely anonymous – the value is automatically
added daily to their account and appears in the same way as any other account would. This stops these children ‘standing out’. Parents can also check what their child is choosing to eat. The footfall in the canteen has
speed of the queues, but also because students aren’t spending cash in the shops on the way to and from school. Takings in the canteen have increased,
system. We have also saved time dealing with money, and have cut costs normally spent on transporting cash to the bank. Our in-school turnover has increased
2009-10 (the last year without cashless catering) and 2015-16. We have used refurbish the kitchens.’
Consent from parents and students is sought prior to taking and using the fingerscan system – if a parent doesn’t consent, cards are issued instead.
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