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In SCO dinners, the academic year rollover happens automatically on 1614th August (this is when dinner money meal counts are set back to zero and any credits or debits carried forward show as Paid in the Status column).
Pupil classes, year groups, new starters and leavers are not affected. You may see a message to this effect when you first start SCO on or after 1614th August.
SCO assumes that any pupils marked as Year 2 in SCO prior to 1614th August will be moving into Year 3 in September.
If those pupils order meals online for September before 1614th August, they may be prompted to pay for the meals first or they may incur a debt in SCO (depending on the SCO settings).
Schools who have promoted their pupils to their new classes/year groups in SCO prior to 1614th August will only be affected if any parents book meals online before 1614th August.
What can we do to address any issues?
Action is only required if you promoted your Year 1 pupils to Year 2 in SCO prior to 1614th August and your parents order meals online.
If you have promoted your pupils to their new year groups in SCO prior to 1614th August, we recommend that you notify parents that they should not order meals until after that date, if possible.
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If pupils entitled to UFSM have paid for meals when they shouldn’t have, you can identify these payments by generating the Daily Payment Activity Report. Select Custom dates from the end of term to 1614th August. Select the Payment method credit/debit.
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