Posted on 9th January 2018
SIMS Basics Webinar
We're excited to be beginning 2018 with a SIMS Basics Webinar this Spring Term! If you’ve wanted to attend one of our SIMS Basics courses before but haven’t been able to get to our training ven...
Posted on 11th December 2017
Handling a School Closure in SIMS – Snow!
Handling a School Closure in SIMS – Snow! It’s starting to look a bit like Christmas with snow falling all around us, but whilst it’s lovely to look at from the comfort of your home, it can al...
Posted on 8th December 2017
Preparing for your Spring Census 2018
Sorry to have to put a downer on your race to the Christmas holidays but it occurs that you’ll not be long back before you have to start thinking about your Spring School Census. Don’t worry, thi...
Posted on 27th November 2017
Important information about your SIMS upgrade
An issue has been found regarding the latest SIMS upgrade and Sophos Intercept X With all the excitement around the new upgrade we’ve unfortunately been made aware of an issue that will stop the u...
Posted on 23rd November 2017
More information about our Exams Officer training
A reminder about our Exams Officer training which is just a few weeks away! Please share this blog with school staff or contacts who may be interested. Booking information Date: Monday 4th Decem...
Posted on 15th November 2017
SIMS Autumn 2017 Upgrade - v7.178
Sing! Dance! Throw a party! …Okay, maybe don’t get too excited, it’s just the new SIMS Autumn 2017 Upgrade. We are starting to contact schools to arrange your upgrade over the next few weeks b...
Posted on 27th October 2017
School Workforce Census Autumn 2017
With November rapidly approaching and the half term break finishing it’s time to start looking forward to the School Workforce Census Autumn 2017. Here you are going to find the how to guides, and...
Posted on 16th October 2017
Exams Officer training delivered by Paula Wood
Introducing Paula Wood - Senior MIS Consultant We are excited to announce that Paula Wood has recently joined the SBS MIS team. Paula has an outstanding national reputation amongst Examinations Of...
Posted on 4th October 2017
Importing Updated Exams Results
At this time of the year you may be getting in some updated results and wondering how to get these into SIMS and Exams Organiser. To add a new result that was not imported through a result file you...
Posted on 29th September 2017
Autumn Census 2017 - Fileset 704
A new Fileset (704) has been made available by Capita for the Autumn Census. Downloading and Applying a Fileset Please ensure that you have had your Summer upgrade and are on SIMS 7.176 before you...
Posted on 19th September 2017
SIMS Autumn Census guidance
The SIMS Autumn Census will be on Thursday 5th October 2017 With October coming around fast it’s time again for that joyous thing that is the October School Census. To help with carrying it out we
Posted on 8th September 2017
Your updated Pupil Premium 2017/18
As many of you are no doubt aware, your Pupil Premium 'ticks' will not have carried over from last year and so will need to be re-entered. Thankfully to make our lives a little easier, you can down...