Telephone - 01628 483 752
Company Registration No.07690054
Communication & Catering
We place great importance on communicating with you as frequently as possible so that everyone is kept informed. As you may be aware sending letters home via pupils is not always the most speedy and reliable way of doing this.
We use a service called Messenger which enables us to send letters, messages to you by email and the Xpressions App. We can in the event of an emergency also communicate with you by text message.
In order to use this service we need to make sure your email addresses and mobile telephone numbers are up to date. Do let us know if your contact details have changed. The service is registered with the Data Protection Registrar and guarantees that all information supplied will be kept completely private.
The Xpressions App is an addition tool which is linked into messenger and allows you, as parent/carers to see your child’s timetable, attendance, behaviour & achievement points as well as notifications we have pushed out via Messenger. More information can be found under Parent & Carers —> Groupcall Xpressions menu.
SCHOOL CLOSURE ARRANGEMENTS
If there are heavy falls of snow during the winter we try to keep the school open as much as we can but we are dependent on school buses. We will aim to make an early decision if we are to close the school for a day, a message will be put on the homepage of the website and a message will be sent out via Messenger. We also notify Bucks County Council who manage the transport arrangements and will notify Marlow FM. More information can be found under the Welcome —> Contact Us, Absences & Closures.
ALL activities are paid for using WisePay. If for any reason you are unable to use WisePay we can arrange for you to use PayPoint. Please contact the Finance Office for details at: finance@gms.bucks.sch.uk
WisePay® offers you the freedom to make internet payments, safe in the knowledge that the technology uses the highest internet security available. Once registered your family will have a secure online account, which can be accessed with a unique username and password. It is strongly advised to change your default password to something else upon first logging on, when this is done your username will automatically become your email address registered with the school.
Catering
We operate a cashless catering system as we find this provides a faster and better quality of service and when combined with on line payment via Wisepay® it reduces the need for pupils to bring cash into school. The system is biometric so there is no need to carry a card as the system will recognise the thumb of your child at the revaluation pay point and at the till. Actual thumb prints are not stored in the system – once registered the print is converted to a numerical system.
The method of payment is done via secure online payments using your credit or debit card through a system called Wisepay®. Details regarding Wisepay® are enclosed in the admission pack and on the school website under Parent/carers –> Wisepay Payment System menu.
Should you have a strong objection to your child being registered to the cashless catering system please contact us and we will be happy to discuss the matter. To contact the school email info@gms.bucks.sch.uk
The daily ‘spend limit’ is programmed into the system at £10 but this can be decreased for an individual pupil by making a written request to the school office.