
Posted on 8th February 2018
GDPR - Don't panic!
With a raft of companies and people throwing scare tactics at you about the upcoming GDPR, SIMS is now able to help you take some of the worry away. In relation to SIMS there are 4 key areas that ar...

Posted on 22nd January 2018
Catholic Education Services (CES) Census 2018
For some of you the Census is now done, but for others you still have another one to complete, the CES Census. Please see below a link to a Completing the Census guide, along with a couple of bits ta...

Posted on 12th January 2018
SIMS Spring Census guidance
The SIMS Spring Census will be on Thursday 18th January 2018 Happy New Year from us at SBS and apologies for being the bearer of bad news, it’s the Spring School Census next week and to get you go...

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...