sQuid has now arrived at your school
What is the school cashless catering system all about?
Your school has teamed up with sQuidcard to develop a new cashless catering system. Students will use biometric or picture identification to pay for transactions, linked to an online sQuid account.
Create a sQuid account
Register and create an account with sQuid:
- Enter a few personal details to create an account
- Top-up your sQuid cashless catering account online
- Top-up by a bank transfer/credit or debit card
- Protect your card balance should it be lost or stolen
Login to your sQuid account to:
- Check your balance; do you need to top-up?
- View your transactions to check your spending
- Top-up your account; bank transfer/credit or debit card
- Update your details and preferences
Your account may have more than one purse
Different purses are for different functions
You may have more than one purse when you login, one for cashless catering and one for school trips. Please note that it is not possible to transfer funds between them, so please ensure you add money to the correct purse.
For school trips and other school offers
Use this purse to buy school offers such as trips, uniform and other items offered for sale by the school.
For buying lunch or a snack from the school canteen
sQuid is a smart way for you to top-up your cashless catering purse online, so you can pay for your lunch or a snack from the school canteen. Top-up by bank transfer, or using a credit or debit card
Create an account and register with sQuid
Simple to setup, simple to use
You should have received a Welcome Letter from your school with your own unique sQuid registration number (16 digits long) and a 3 digit security code. You need to Register with sQuid, create an account and enter these numbers. You will then be able to top-up your account and view your balance and transactions.
Parents can be sure that dinner money is spent at school and students won’t have to worry about carrying cash. Lunchtime queues are reduced and the risk of students losing money is removed.
You can logon and check your balance at anytime. We’ll break down every transaction so you can see exactly where those pennies are going. You can also download your transactions if you wish to.
Add cash to your account
You’ll be able to reload your sQuid account online, from the comfort of your own home. You can do this via debit or credit card or by bank transfer.
View your personal details at anytime online. You can also update these by clicking on the Edit details button. You can also change your Email address and Password too.
sQuid is safer than using cash. How can this be so? sQuid is linked to biometric identification so the only person that can spend the cash on the sQuid account is your child using their fingerprint.



