Can we charge for a meal if a student is absent?

If you still need to charge for a meal when a student is absent, this can be done by adding a price to the Absent provision category.

By default, the Absent category is set to £0.00. If you wish to charge for meals of absent students, you must set a price against the 'Absent' provision in the meal setup.

Permissions

• Meals: Administer All Students - Add meal provisions
• Finance: Administer - Set prices for provisions

If you don't have the relevant permission, ask your admin team to give you permission using these instructions.

1. Add an absent provision 

Go to School > Meals and select 'Setup' on the left. 

Once you have created a meal, click into 'Provisions' to ensure an 'Absent' provision category has been added. 

If this has not been added, select the green 'Add Provision' button. Assign the Absent meal provision a name, and select 'Absent (no meal)' from the meal type dropdown.

For additional guidance on setting up Provisions, see the following article: Step 2 - Adding Provisions

2. How to add an absent meal price

Once the Absent provision has been created, click into it in order to set the price. 

From the Meal Provision Prices table, select the green +Add button. Enter the relevant pricing details in the slide over (as shown in the image below).

For additional guidance on setting up your Pricing, see the following article: Step 3 - Adding Prices