Posted on 4th April 2019
CTF issue with SIMS Spring Release (7.186)
Current precautionary advice: Do not to use the CTF mechanism to share pupil and contact details with other schools until further notice Capita have informed us that there could be a CTF issue in th...
Posted on 25th March 2019
Online Free School Meals
Easy free school meal administration. In this age of Universal Infant Free School Meals, and importance of the Pupil Premium funding, it’s important that all eligible pupils are signed up. With ...
Posted on 21st March 2019
SIMS Training Courses from SBS in April
What's coming up in April? Take a look at April's SIMS Training Courses to see if anything catches your eye! Below are our upcoming SIMS Training Courses and dates: 24th April 2019 SIMS System Man...
Posted on 19th March 2019
NEW Data Management Forum for Secondary Schools
NEW Data Management Forum for Secondary Schools Did you know about our Data Management Forums? These sessions are a great way of networking and being able to speak to other schools to see how they de...
Posted on 18th March 2019
Your SIMS Spring 2019 Release
Your SIMS Spring 2019 release is going to be available from Friday 22nd March Along with the usual fixes and making the Summer Census available there have been a few upgrades to the system. See belo...
Posted on 11th March 2019
New NJC Pay Scales
How to update the new NJC Pay Scales In April 2019 the NJC Pay Scales are changing and will need to be updated in your SIMS system. As this is something we only do once or twice a year we thought i...
Posted on 6th March 2019
SIMS Agora has a new name... SIMS Pay
SIMS Pay, the new name for Capita’s payment system. Capita have decided that they are changing the name of their payment system from SIMS Agora to SIMS Pay. This is to help them align their service...
Posted on 5th March 2019
National Insurance Rates 2019/2020 for SIMS .net
As you are no doubt aware there are a new set of National Insurance Rates Tables which will need to be entered into your SIMS system Download the new NI Tables! ➝ If you don’t feel like adding ...
Posted on 27th February 2019
Important Message for All Teacher App Customers
Important Message for All Teacher App Customers – action required on 28th February 2019 The information outlined below needs to be reviewed by the member of staff responsible for the maintenance of...
Posted on 7th February 2019
Email security update for schools
It has been brought to our attention that we have had a couple of instances where a rule has been set up within Microsoft Outlook email client to forward all emails to a different email address. We...
Posted on 6th February 2019
Complimentary SIMS Overview - Wednesday 1st May 2019
This event is an opportunity for Primary schools to visit our London venue to find out more about the latest benefits of SIMS. Did you know about our SIMS Overview Sessions? Following on from the suc...
Posted on 30th January 2019
Handling a School Closure in SIMS – Snow!
With snow starting to fall, and whilst it’s lovely to look at from the comfort of your home, it can cause havoc for schools and it might be necessary to close your school. Whilst we can’t help m...