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Posted on 5th October 2020
Delayed Year 1 Phonics Check
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the DfE have delayed the assessment and return of the Year 1 Phonics Check. In summary the Year 1 Phonics Check will now take place between 1st November and 31st December...
Posted on 1st October 2020
G-Cloud 12
School Business Services is excited to be a confirmed supplier on G-Cloud 12, the latest iteration of the Governments Digital Marketplace which went live on September 28th, 2020.
Posted on 1st October 2020
How schools can use Covid-19 catch-up funding to support pupils’ social and emotional needs
In July, the Government announced that children in England would benefit from a £1 billion Covid “catch-up” package to tackle the impact of lost teaching time during the pandemic. While ...
Posted on 30th September 2020
2020 Support and Teachers' Pay Scales
This blog refers to SBS Budgets, our budget management software accessed anywhere via SBS Online. The government have confirmed the Support and Teachers' Pay Awards for 2020. Support The Support...
Posted on 23rd September 2020
Autumn Census in ScholarPack 2020
01/10/20 is the Autumn Census day this year (unless stated otherwise by your LA), so let’s make a start, and get ahead of the game! The Autumn Census in ScholarPack will be slightly different thi...
Posted on 23rd September 2020
Autumn Census in Arbor 2020
01/10/20 is the Autumn Census day this year, with returns to be uploaded by the 28th of October (unless stated otherwise by your LA). The Autumn Census in Arbor will be slightly different this year...
Posted on 22nd September 2020
SIMS School Workforce Census Webinar
SBS has created a remotely delivered training course to help you edit and create your School Workforce Census. We have created a page on our website providing more details, and the training will be...
Posted on 18th September 2020
Let's get ready to Census (SIMS)
Please note the fileset download and guides have been updated since the original post 01/10/20 is the Autumn Census day this year, so let's make a start, get those dry runs on the go and get ahead o...
Posted on 16th September 2020
Remote Nova Timetabling Course
Refresh your Nova Timetabling skills with our remote course in November. As we are unable to deliver our full day, face to face training courses, we have been breaking down our longstanding SIMS No...
Posted on 11th September 2020
National Teaching Assistants' Day 2020
Nominate your lockdown heroes This year the annual Teaching Assistant of the Year competition is all about celebrating those Teaching Assistants who have been heroes throughout the pandemic. We ha...
Posted on 9th September 2020
CFR Framework Update in SBS Budgets
This blog refers to SBS Budgets, our budget management software accessed anywhere via SBS Online. The Government has made changes to the CFR Framework. One significant change on the CFR Framework ...
Posted on 8th September 2020
It's Pupil Premium time!
With the return to school in full swing it's easy to forget you need to re-enter your Pupil Premium ticks for this year. Don't worry though, you can download the latest Pupil Premium file from Key t...