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Posted on 21st April 2020
Summer Census is cancelled!
The DfE have now announced that the summer census is cancelled. It is vital at this time, that all educational settings are able to focus on the impact of COVID-19 by providing for the children in t...
Posted on 20th April 2020
SIMS Remote Training - Maintaining the Timetable
The SBS MIS team have been discussing how we can continue to provide remote training to schools during this period of social isolation. To help with this, we have been breaking down our longstandin...
Posted on 16th April 2020
Coronavirus financial support available
The outbreak of Covid-19 is an uncertain time for everyone, but schools and teachers are facing unprecedented disruption with schools now closed and exams cancelled. In the coming weeks, there wil...
Posted on 15th April 2020
We're holding remote timetabling training courses this month!
The SBS MIS team have been discussing how we can continue to provide remote training to schools during this period of social isolation. To help with this, I have been breaking down our longstanding...
Posted on 7th April 2020
50% off all SIMS Webinars!
During this difficult time we are offering all our SIMS Webinars at a Whopping 50% off the usual price! Use this time to brush up on your SIMS Skills or learn something new Below are a list of th...
Posted on 6th April 2020
The Trust Capacity Fund
The Trust Capacity Fund (TCaF): A funding opportunity from the DfE to grow your school or Trust The next round of Trust Capacity Fund has been announced and will open to applicants on April 6th. ...
Posted on 6th April 2020
Nova T6 Surgery - Stuck with this year’s timetable?
Let SBS help you with your timetabling problems. We have experienced Nova T6 timetablers to partner with you and guide you through issues encountered along the way. From time to time a new or experie...
Posted on 1st April 2020
National Insurance rates 2020-2021
There is a new set of National Insurance rates tables which will need to be entered into your SIMS system for 2020-2021. Download the new NI tables here → If you don’t feel like adding these in...
Posted on 1st April 2020
Beware of coronavirus email scams
Families who receive Free School Meals have been targeted by a coronavirus email scam asking them to pass over their bank details. The government has issued a warning urging people not to fall for it...
Posted on 31st March 2020
SIMS ID Lite and additional resources for SIMS users
Did you know SIMS ID Lite is available to SIMS customers at no extra charge? In addition to providing single sign-in for applications such as SIMS Parent and Options it also provides links to the v...
Posted on 26th March 2020
Weduc Home School Learning Essentials for Free!
Together we are stronger. The world is a strange place at the moment, we understand this may be a very difficult and challenging time for schools. SBS are working in partnership with Weduc, the ne...
Posted on 25th March 2020
Reporting on staff and student absences due to the Coronavirus
Schools will have a huge number of staff and students absent due to the COVID-19 virus. Here at SBS we have designed two reports to help you analyse your absences/attendance data based on those very ...