"We have been using Tucasi’s ‘Schools Cash Office’ and online payments since October 2009. It has certainly met our expectations. The initial training covered everything we needed to know, and the support team are always there if you need them. Our parents are very happy that they can pay online for both dinners and trips, the reduction of cash coming into the office has made a massive difference to us, allowing us more time for other tasks."
Comprehensive School in Nottinghamshire
Dinner Money
Taking the strain out of dinner money administration
If your school is collecting dinner money then this system is for you. It keeps track of how many dinners a child has had and how much they’ve paid. It calculates account balances as it goes and can produce a statement of meals taken and payments for any child which can be used to help resolve parental queries. The system can identify parents that have fallen behind with payments and will automatically create personalised reminder letters for them. It will also produce the reconciliation of meals and payments for the weekly catering return. Our new Classroom Edition can be networked to interactive whiteboards in the classroom which then allows children to register themselves if they are having dinner.
Features
- Keeps a record of who has had a school lunch on any given day.
- Records receipt of payment from parents.
- Calculates account balance for each child.
- Generates reminder letters for parents who have fallen behind with payments.
- Can create weekly catering return automatically.
- Classroom Edition allows children to register themselves for lunch.
Advantages
- Time saving from automated procedures (e.g. reminder letters).
- Better control since you have instant access to all relevant data.
- Improved audit trail; everything is recorded.