Posted on 14th December 2020
SIMS Pay - New Wraparound Care functionality
All SIMS Pay customers can now access new Wraparound Care functionality at no additional cost to help manage childcare provisions such as breakfast and after school clubs. Benefits to schools Low...
Posted on 1st December 2020
Dual Leader Awards
With DfE scholarship funding for NPQs currently suspended, schools are looking for alternate ways to fund the continuous professional development of their staff. Funded by the apprenticeship levy, t...
Posted on 16th November 2020
Arbor's Brand New 'My Homepage'!
Reminder of our next Schools Data Forum next Tues 24th Nov, featuring Arbor and more! Agenda and bookings > From today until tomorrow (16/11/20 - 17/11/20), Arbor are rolling out My Homepage - a br...
Posted on 5th November 2020
SBS Schools Data Forum - Free to attend online
We have a NEW DATE this month for our next Schools Data Forum. Our forum is free to attend and will provide information for Primary and Special Schools. Our next date for primary schools is on Tues...
Posted on 4th November 2020
ULN Requests
Please note we are holding a Schools Data Forum on Tuesday 24th November - find out more > The ULN Service has been de-commissioned You can no longer submit ULN requests via Secure Access S2S. Pr...
Posted on 21st October 2020
SIMS School Workforce Census 2020
This blog has been updated with the latest fileset. October and we're using the "C" word again. No it's not Christmas! (not yet)....it's another census, but this time it's the School Workforce Cen...
Posted on 16th October 2020
Promote wellbeing and learning with our partners Thrive
Reducing the impact of lockdown on your students. The Thrive Approach® offers practical tools and training to promote wellbeing and help prevent mental health issues for all children and young peo...
Posted on 15th October 2020
New Remote Service - Parent App Housekeeping
We are now offering a NEW Remote Service - Parent App Housekeeping. Here at School Business Services we know only too well that the burden on school staff is increasing and deadlines continue to com...
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 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 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...