Universal Free School Meals is an initiative provided at government or regional level to ensure that qualifying pupils are provided with free, nutritious meal. These are typically key stage 1 pupils but can include nursery or KS2 groups in some regions.
This article will teach you...
How to access and edit the Year groups to enable UFSM.
NOTE
For more information on the different FSM Acronyms please see What is Universal Free School Meals.
Meal Manager Customers
A member of the support team will have applied this automatically based on your location.
If this has been done incorrectly or you have been missed please contact Schoolcomms support via support@schoolcomms.com or click here to complete a support request.
Meal Selection Users
Navigate to Meals > Admin.
The Years page in Meals > Admin can be used to enable UFSM for the Year groups that are entitled to receive a free school meal at lunchtime under the UFSM program.
- Within the navigation menu, click Years [1].
- Click a Year group [2] in the table to open the Year Details
- Click the UISFM checkbox [3] then the Save [4] button.
IMPORTANT
Within Cypad Meal Solutions the UIFSM is defined by a universal FSM Allowance, for more information please refer to the following article.
Do I need to set a UFSM status for new year groups updated via Schoolcomms?
Yes, if new year groups are added via Schoolcomms you will need to manually tick the UIFSM checkbox in Payments > Admin > Years.