
Posted on 13th July 2020
NEW SIMS Basics training course for NQTs
SBS has created a remotely delivered training course to provide basic skills for NQTs to navigate SIMS. This course is for Newly Qualified Teachers. We have created a page on our website providin...

Posted on 8th July 2020
Covid Summer Food Fund
Families will face increased pressure on household budgets over the coming months. That is why the DfE are launching a Covid Summer Food Fund which will enable children who are eligible for benefits-...

Posted on 6th July 2020
Remote training - Preparing SIMS for Summer 2020 Results Day
SBS has created a remotely delivered training course to help schools prepare SIMS for results day and report efficiently and effectively. This course, delivered remotely on Tuesday 14th July 2020, ...

Posted on 3rd July 2020
MIS Remote End Of Year Services
Let the MIS team help you work smarter not harder! If somebody had said to me this time last year, next year you’ll be working at home indefinitely, schools will only be partially open, GCSEs and ...

Posted on 16th June 2020
Announcing Arbor’s new Understanding Your MAT Report
This guest blog is an update from our partners Arbor Education, which is supported by our accredited MIS team. We are hosting a joint webinar on 8th July - free to attend! Announcing Arbor’s new U...

Posted on 15th June 2020
A helping hand for the daily SAGE form
Temporary attendance codes have been made available to help schools report back to the DfE. Capita have produced Patch 25870 that will temporarily make codes 7,8,9 and Y available within Edit Marks ...

Posted on 11th June 2020
NEW DATES - Remote Timetabling Training Courses
Due to the success of our recent Remote Timetabling Training courses, we have decided to run them again. We have been breaking down our longstanding SIMS Nova Timetabling Training Courses into 45 m...

Posted on 4th June 2020
Remote SIMS course on Preparing for a New School Year
Due to the success of our remote course in May, we have decided to run this again on 15th June 2020. This course is for staff who are responsible for preparing for the new school year. We have cr...

Posted on 3rd June 2020
New Attendance Reports for SIMS from SBS
Reporting on I, X, and Y just got easier with new attendance reports from SBS. Following on from the latest guidance from the DfE, Schools should resume taking the attendance register when more grou...

Posted on 29th May 2020
Calling all ScholarPack schools!
How to record absences using new DfE subcodes from 1st June in ScholarPack. In response to the DfE's guidance on how to record pupil absences when they return to school, ScholarPack have added the f...

Posted on 19th May 2020
FREE SIMS Workshop - Approaches to returning to school for Primary Schools
Due to the overwhelming response from the Free Secondary School Workshop, we have now created a FREE SIMS Workshop for Primary schools! We have created a 60-minute SIMS Workshop aimed at Primary Sc...

Posted on 15th May 2020
FREE SIMS Workshop - Approaches to returning to school for Secondary Schools
The SBS MIS team have been discussing how we can help with the transition of schools re-opening. To help with this, we have created a 60-minute SIMS Workshop aimed at Secondary Schools to help answ...