Management Information Sheet
Primary Schools Norse Catering Contract
1. There will be no meal increase for 2012-2013. Meals will remain at £2.10 for Pupil meals and £2.15 & £1.70 for adult meals and part paid adult meals.
2. Please note that as per MI sheet 194/11 schools should be aware than any discrepancy in income for meals will be charged to the school at the end of the financial year, likewise where the school has a credit at year end this will be credited to the schools bank account. The charges you see on your download for catering on subjectives 4285, 4287 & 4288 are for information only and have not been charged to the school. It is imperative that schools check their meal numbers/costs with the invoices which can all be found on the efs website under 'N' Norse catering. The catering Bcr shows all the income and expenditure for the year to date, although the expenditure is a month behind as the invoices are not received by Norse until two weeks after the month end.
3. Schools should also note that all meals ordered by the school must be paid for regardless if they are then eaten or not. i.e if a child goes home sick after a meal is ordered but before lunch time the school will be responsible for this charge. Schools are able to adopt a policy of charging the parent for all meals that are ordered so that the school are not responsible for this but if this is a new policy then parents should be notified of this change in policy in advance of the new financial year.
4. Dining centres are sent extra meals to cover spillages etc on a daily basis and Norfolk County Council covers the cost of these. If one of the extra meals is required and is paid for this must be notified to the kitchen so they can alter their figures accordingly otherwise you will not be able to balance the catering account.
5. Schools will be required to enter debtors and creditors for catering this year and details of this will be included in the close down notes at year end. Where bad debts have been incurred and are unlikely to be recovered these should be written off in accordance with your schools finance policy. Schools will be notified of any cost/credit to the school at year end prior to the charges being made.
6. Any queries on invoices should be notified to Jayne Dyndal by email on - any corrections required will be done via journal transfer and will appear on the next download.
2. Please note that as per MI sheet 194/11 schools should be aware than any discrepancy in income for meals will be charged to the school at the end of the financial year, likewise where the school has a credit at year end this will be credited to the schools bank account. The charges you see on your download for catering on subjectives 4285, 4287 & 4288 are for information only and have not been charged to the school. It is imperative that schools check their meal numbers/costs with the invoices which can all be found on the efs website under 'N' Norse catering. The catering Bcr shows all the income and expenditure for the year to date, although the expenditure is a month behind as the invoices are not received by Norse until two weeks after the month end.
3. Schools should also note that all meals ordered by the school must be paid for regardless if they are then eaten or not. i.e if a child goes home sick after a meal is ordered but before lunch time the school will be responsible for this charge. Schools are able to adopt a policy of charging the parent for all meals that are ordered so that the school are not responsible for this but if this is a new policy then parents should be notified of this change in policy in advance of the new financial year.
4. Dining centres are sent extra meals to cover spillages etc on a daily basis and Norfolk County Council covers the cost of these. If one of the extra meals is required and is paid for this must be notified to the kitchen so they can alter their figures accordingly otherwise you will not be able to balance the catering account.
5. Schools will be required to enter debtors and creditors for catering this year and details of this will be included in the close down notes at year end. Where bad debts have been incurred and are unlikely to be recovered these should be written off in accordance with your schools finance policy. Schools will be notified of any cost/credit to the school at year end prior to the charges being made.
6. Any queries on invoices should be notified to Jayne Dyndal by email on - any corrections required will be done via journal transfer and will appear on the next download.