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New Teacher Pay Scales
Financial Planning

Posted on 21st September 2018

New Teacher Pay Scales

We have updated our pay scales to the official amounts announced. The majority of the new teacher pay scales matched our predictions, the main differences were on the Unqualified scales. These inclu...

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Funding Predictor and other updates
Financial Planning

Posted on 11th September 2018

Funding Predictor and other updates

We have introduced a new version of our Funding Predictor in SBS Online. The new version Funding Predictor allows our schools who have FSM plus FSM6 to input both of these values. We have also update...

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Teachers' Pay Scales from September 2018
Financial Planning

Posted on 29th August 2018

Teachers' Pay Scales from September 2018

We have implemented new Teachers' Pay Scales for 2018/19 in SBS Online. The new scales are STC (subject to confirmation) while we wait for official news about the rates in Inner London, Outer Londo...

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Interim Support Staff Pay Scales from April 2019
Financial Planning

Posted on 20th June 2018

Interim Support Staff Pay Scales from April 2019

We have released updated interim values for support staff national pay scales effective from 1st April 2019 In April 2019 the scale points will be restructured, for now the new rates will update e...

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SBS Online has a new look!
Financial Planning

Posted on 14th May 2018

SBS Online has a new look!

After much discussion, designing, testing and long nights, the SBS Online team is happy to present the new and improved budget management software. Thankyou to our schools for their kind words whils...

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Updated Support Staff Pay Scales from April 2018
Financial Planning

Posted on 30th April 2018

Updated Support Staff Pay Scales from April 2018

Today we have released updated values for support staff national pay scales effective from 1st April 2018. These values are part of the following new table: Support Scales - 2018 Final These incl...

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SBS Online Redesign Blog Series – Budget Settings
Financial Planning

Posted on 27th April 2018

SBS Online Redesign Blog Series – Budget Settings

This is the Fourteenth installment of our SBS Online Redesign Blog Series. This series of blogs has been created to ensure that schools are familiar with the software redesign before it is released...

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SBS Online Redesign Blog Series – Budget Tabs
Financial Planning

Posted on 20th April 2018

SBS Online Redesign Blog Series – Budget Tabs

This is the Thirteenth installment of our SBS Online Redesign Blog Series. This series of blogs has been created to ensure that schools are familiar with the software redesign before it is released...

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SBS Online Redesign Blog Series – Payroll Reconciliation
Financial Planning

Posted on 12th April 2018

SBS Online Redesign Blog Series – Payroll Reconciliation

This is the Twelveth installment of our SBS Online Redesign Blog Series. This series of blogs has been created to ensure that schools are familiar with the software redesign before it is released. ...

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New CFR Reporting Framework
Financial Planning

Posted on 12th April 2018

New CFR Reporting Framework

The Consistent Financial Reporting (CFR) framework provides a standard template for schools to collect information about their income and expenditure in the financial year 2018 to 2019. The new add...

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SBS Online Redesign Blog Series – Monitoring Status
Financial Planning

Posted on 5th April 2018

SBS Online Redesign Blog Series – Monitoring Status

This is the Eleventh installment of our SBS Online Redesign Blog Series. This series of blogs has been created to ensure that schools are familiar with the software redesign before it is released. ...

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SBS Online Redesign Blog Series – Report View
Financial Planning

Posted on 29th March 2018

SBS Online Redesign Blog Series – Report View

This is the tenth installment of our SBS Online Redesign Blog Series. This series of blogs has been created to ensure that schools are familiar with the software redesign before it is released. Not...

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