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Teacher Pay Award 2026: Certainty for Budget Planning, but Questions Remain

The 2026 teacher pay award brings greater certainty for schools and trusts. Explore funding, pension implications, unresolved costs and SBS planning tools.

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Make sure you don’t under-forecast backdated pay awards
Financial Planning

Posted on 14th December 2021

Make sure you don’t under-forecast backdated pay awards

We all know that pay awards never go through on the dates you expect them to/budget for.

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MAT Centralisation under the spotlight
Financial Planning

Posted on 16th November 2021

MAT Centralisation under the spotlight

This article provides news and insight on MAT centralisation. SBS' experience with MAT operations has delivered some findings which you may find useful.

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Sync staff data at the touch of a button - SBS Budgets and Arbor now integrated!
Financial Planning

Posted on 10th November 2021

Sync staff data at the touch of a button - SBS Budgets and Arbor now integrated!

SBS Sync now includes leading MIS software, Arbor. Plan your budget more easily and accurately by syncing your data directly from Arbor MIS into SBS Budgets.

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A day in the life of an SBS Online Consultant
Financial Planning

Posted on 13th August 2021

A day in the life of an SBS Online Consultant

I have realised that in this job there is never a standard day. I may be working on development and testing for a release one day, then providing training and service desk support for our users the next.

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Wednesday budgeting webinars - Autumn 2021
Financial Planning

Posted on 3rd August 2021

Wednesday budgeting webinars - Autumn 2021

We are delivering another series of free webinars focusing on budgeting

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Budgeting focus groups - We want your views!
Financial Planning

Posted on 29th July 2021

Budgeting focus groups - We want your views!

We’re rewriting our system, and want your opinions! We're delivering a series of budgeting focus groups to involve you, the users, in the rewrite of SBS Budgets.

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Introducing SBS Audits - Track all changes to your school budget
Financial Planning

Posted on 12th July 2021

Introducing SBS Audits - Track all changes to your school budget

SBS Audits is available now for all SBS Budgets users. View your budget edit timeline and more...

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SBS Online update - More assistance and clarity for users!
Financial Planning

Posted on 12th July 2021

SBS Online update - More assistance and clarity for users!

SBS Online is evolving to provide more assistance and clarity for our budgeting customers. New functionality ready for the summer and new school year. Plus, track all changes to your school budget with SBS Audits!

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Watch our Wednesday budgeting webinars
Financial Planning

Posted on 8th July 2021

Watch our Wednesday budgeting webinars

Rewatch our series of budgeting webinars at your leisure

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Report the impact of COVID-19 on your budget in 7 easy steps
Financial Planning

Posted on 25th June 2021

Report the impact of COVID-19 on your budget in 7 easy steps

SBS Budgets enables you to create a bespoke analysis tag for COVID-19, in order to plan for COVID-related expenses.

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Wednesday budgeting webinars - June 2021
Financial Planning

Posted on 20th May 2021

Wednesday budgeting webinars - June 2021

We are delivering a series of free webinars focusing on budgeting

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SBS Sync - True Integration for School Finance (IRIS Financials and SBS Budgets)
Financial Planning

Posted on 8th March 2021

SBS Sync - True Integration for School Finance (IRIS Financials and SBS Budgets)

Let's avoid the time taken on confusing .CSV downloads with true integration between SBS Budgets and IRIS Financials.

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