Food and drink

High meal plan

High School Meals

• School meals in high schools take place in our food courts called Eat.In. Food courts are more 'grown up', providing an educational and social event and a more 'adult' experience.
• Some high schools have noodle bars, curry and Mexican bars and some have breakfast clubs and morning break service, where students have the freedom to choose from a slice of toast to a sausage or bacon sandwich, or a cereal bar.
• High School meals are hot, healthy and nutritious, and research shows that eating better at lunchtime helps to maintain concentration levels into the afternoon.
• A two course meal at a set price of £2.90 (from 2nd September 2024) is available in all high schools. Other choices are all very reasonably priced.

ParentPay

• ParentPay allows parents to top up these accounts by making payments by credit and debit card and at local PayPoint stores. There is no need for your child to take cash to school. Parents can set a maximum daily spend, and are alerted when the account needs to be topped up.
• For those students who are entitled to free meals, the cashless system in all schools allows them to purchase a meal in exactly the same way as every other student. The allowance for a free meal is £2.90 from 2nd September 2024.
• Through the cashless system, you can monitor your child’s diet, and ensure that your child eats healthily, as they must spend their lunch money on food from the school food court and nowhere else.

Free School Meals

• Children and young people who live in Kirklees can apply for free school meals if they:

  • attend full time at a local authority school or sixth form
  • are under 19 years of age

  and their parents or carers receive one or more of the following:

  • Universal Credit (provided you have an annual net earned income of no more than £7,400, as assessed by earnings from up to three of your most recent assessment periods)
  • Income support
  • Income Based Job Seekers Allowance
  • Income Related Employment and Support Allowance
  • Child Tax Credit, but are not entitled to a Working Tax Credit and your annual income (as assessed by Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs) is less than £16,190
  • Support under Part V1 of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999
  • Guaranteed element of State Pension Credit

• To apply for free school meals please visit  Kirklees Free School Meals                                                                     
• Contact free school meals
  •  freeschoolmeals@kirklees.gov.uk
  •  01484 221000

  Notification of intention to process pupils' biometric information 

  The school wishes to use information about your child as part of an automated (i.e. electronically operated) recognition system. This is for the purposes of break and lunchtime catering. 

  The information from your child that we wish to use is referred to as ‘biometric information’ (see next paragraph). Under the Protection of Freedoms Act 2012 (sections 26 to 28), we are required to notify each parent of a child and obtain the written consent of at least one parent before being able to use a child’s biometric information for an automated system.

  Biometric information and how it will be used 

  Biometric information is information about a person’s physical or behavioural characteristics that can be used to identify them, for example, information from their fingerprint. 

  Netherhall Learning Campus High School would like to take and use information from your child’s fingerprint and use this information for the purpose of providing your child with access to the catering system in school. 

  The information will be used as part of an automated biometric recognition system. This system will take measurements of your child’s fingerprint and convert these measurements into a template to be stored on the system. An image of your child’s fingerprint is not stored. The template (i.e. measurements taking from your child’s fingerprint is what will be used to permit your child to access services. 

  You should note that the law places specific requirements on schools and colleges when using personal information, such as biometric information, about pupils for the purposes of an automated biometric recognition system. 

  For example: 

  • the school cannot use the information for any purpose other than those for which it was originally obtained and made known to the parent (s) (i.e. as stated above) 
  • the school must ensure that the information is stored securely 
  • the school must tell you what it intends to do with the information 
  • unless the law allows it, the school cannot disclose personal information to another person/body – you should note that the only person/body that the school wishes to share the information with is Civica - supplier of biometric systems. This is necessary for ongoing maintenance of the system.

   

  Providing your consent/objecting 

  As stated in the guidance, in order to be able to use your child’s biometric information, the written consent of at least one parent is required. However, consent given by one parent will be overridden if the other parent objects in writing to the use of their child’s biometric information. Similarly, if your child objects to this, the school must not collect or use their biometric information for inclusion on the automated recognition system.

  You can also object to the proposed processing of your child’s biometric information at a later stage or withdraw any consent you have previously given. This means that, if you give consent but later change your mind, you can withdraw this consent. Please note that any consent, withdrawal of consent or objection from a parent must be in writing.

  Even if you have consented, your child can object or refuse at any time to their biometric information being taken/used. [Your child’s] objection does not need to be in writing. We would appreciate it if you could discuss this with your child and explain to them that they can object to this if they wish. 

  The school is also happy to answer any questions you or your child may have.  

  If you do not wish your child’s biometric information to be processed by the school, or your child objects to such processing, the law says that we must provide reasonable alternative arrangements for children who are not going to use the automated system to use the automated system for purchasing food and drinks at break and lunchtime. 

  If you give consent to the processing of your child’s biometric information, please sign, date and return the electronic form by clicking here -  https://forms.office.com/e/J67PT2nSGu

  Please note that when your child leaves the school/college, or if for some other reason he/she ceases to use the biometric system, his/her biometric data will be securely deleted