Use this guide to resolve Wales PLASC Queries 13239, 13242, 13277 & 13284
Welsh Government validation;
- Query 13239
- Please check: Pupils in school eligible for free school meals but no pupils recorded as being transitionally protected.
- Query 13242
- Pupil may have been incorrectly recorded as being in receipt of transitional protection for free school meals after becoming eligible via the means-tested criteria after the end of the transitional protection policy on 31 December 2023. If the learner is correctly recorded as being transitionally protected due to being eligible via the means-tested criteria on or before 31 December 2023, please add a comment onto DEWi to reflect this.
- Query 13277
- Please Check: Percentage of pupils eligible for free school meals is over 80% in Reception. Pupils who only receive free school meals due to the universal primary free school meal policy must not be recorded as eligible for free school meals via the means-tested criteria.
- Query 13284
- Please Check: The percentage of pupils only eligible for free school meals due to being transitionally protected is less than 15% of the total number of pupils eligible for free school meals or transitionally protected. Pupils who only receive free school meals due to transitional protection must not be recorded as eligible for free school meals via the means-tested criteria.
Explanation
- Check Students>View>Meals & Transport>Free School Meals
Further Guidance
- For Bromcom guidance on PLASC Census see here
- For further Bromcom guidance on Free School Meals see here
THE EXAMPLES AND SCREENSHOTS IN THIS GUIDE ARE FOR ILLUSTRATION PURPOSES ONLY
Select Students from the menu on the left.
Select the Student or Students indicated in the error from the list, and click View. You can select more than one Student.
Use the drop down in the top right of the Pupil Details panel to select Meal & Transport
You can either scroll down or use the Panel Selector (click the drop down arrow next to All) as highlighted below, to show the Meal & Transport Panel.
Press the + in the top right corner, this will allow you to choose from four Meal & Transport options.
Select Free School Meals.
An additional window will then pop out.
While on the Free School Meals tab, use Click to Add New FSM Eligibility.
You then need to enter the following information, keeping in mind that fields with * next to them are mandatory;
- Start Date* – This is the Date when the Student became eligible for FSM.
- End Date – This is the Date when the Student stopped receiving/being eligible for FSM.
- Review Date* – This is the Date when the Student’s FSM Eligibility is set to be reviewed.
- Evidence Provided – This is the Evidence that you have been provided with confirming the Student’s FSM Eligibility.
- Taken – This tick box is for you to mark whether the Student actually takes/uses the FSM that they are eligible for.
Once you have entered the information, press Save.
The FSM Eligibility will now be stored and visible concluding the process.
IMPORTANT in order for the resolved error/query to be removed from the list of errors/queries you would need to generate a new Census return and remember to use save & validate for the errors/queries to update/clear.