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What the Spending Review 2025 Means for School Budgets

At School Business Services, we’ve reviewed the government's full Spending Review 2025 and pulled together the key takeaways and what they mean for your budget planning over the next few years.

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An Azure school environment
ICT

Posted on 29th April 2021

An Azure school environment

How Microsoft Azure can make a difference in your school environment.

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What I enjoy most about my job in school ICT
ICT

Posted on 22nd April 2021

What I enjoy most about my job in school ICT

I am lucky in many ways that workwise my job in the SBS school ICT team is varied in its nature, so I have a wide range to choose from when considering what I enjoy most.

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Changes to Northampton LA codes
MIS

Posted on 21st April 2021

Changes to Northampton LA codes

From time-to-time local authority boundaries are changed for the UK for various reasons.

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SIMS Covid Attendance Sub-codes
MIS

Posted on 19th April 2021

SIMS Covid Attendance Sub-codes

SIMS now has a range of subcodes that have been introduced for session marks

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Guest blog: National Tutoring Programme (NTP) from Protocol Education
Company News

Posted on 15th April 2021

Guest blog: National Tutoring Programme (NTP) from Protocol Education

The National Tutoring Programme (NTP) is high quality, heavily subsidised tutoring for schools from an approved list of tuition partners.

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Protecting your School network
ICT

Posted on 15th April 2021

Protecting your School network

Isn’t it sad that we are living in an age where cyber criminals have become part of our everyday life. We receive spoofed emails and text messages, we get ”Potential Fraud” alerts on our phone. It is evident that one of our most valuable assets is our data.

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Guest blog: Safeguarding in the digital age
ICT

Posted on 7th April 2021

Guest blog: Safeguarding in the digital age

The last year has proved just how dependant we all are on the internet, with lots of us spending significantly more time online. However not everything we read online is true, we have been concerned by...

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Do I really need a Chromebook Trolley?
ICT

Posted on 1st April 2021

Do I really need a Chromebook Trolley?

A technological shift is underway across classrooms throughout the United Kingdom. With the many Chromebooks that have been provided by the DfE the question now is how do I secure these devices for the general use when schools return to normal?

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SRMSAT Hints & Tips
Finance

Posted on 31st March 2021

SRMSAT Hints & Tips

With School Resource Management Self-Assessment Tool (SRMSAT) deadline coming up on 15th April, we wanted to give some hints and tips for the submission that may come in handy.

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Coronavirus (COVID-19) workforce fund
Finance

Posted on 12th March 2021

Coronavirus (COVID-19) workforce fund

The ESFA have released guidance on how you can claim eligible costs related to staff absences during the period 1st November 2020 to 31st December 2020.

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Security breaches and oversight negligence
ICT

Posted on 11th March 2021

Security breaches and oversight negligence

Security is vital to all businesses and schools are no different. Schools take this subject very seriously to provide a safe environment for staff and students.

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Outsourcing ICT Support
ICT

Posted on 4th March 2021

Outsourcing ICT Support

With new technologies constantly being introduced and cyber threats evolving, IT support is essential for any school.

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