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Posted on 13th January 2017
Gender pay gap reporting webinar
Gender pay gap reporting webinar We uncovered a useful webinar on gender pay gap reporting by XpertHR which might be of interest to a number of academies and independent schools. The aim of the webi...
Posted on 13th January 2017
New Update and Happy New Year!
Happy New Year to all of our customers and best wishes for 2017! The latest SBS Online update contains improvements to Staff Contracts, National Insurance calculations, multi-school KPIs, the default...
Posted on 12th January 2017
Tidy up time
Although Census time allows schools to update a lot of information held in SIMS, the same old data issues often persist (contacts not showing correctly, no little houses, names in upper and lower ca...
Posted on 10th January 2017
Ransomware latest - Schools targetted by fraudulent calls
According to the police, "fraudsters are posing as government officials in order to trick people into installing ransomware which encrypts files on victims’ computers." Further to our previous adv...
Posted on 9th January 2017
Cost pressures for schools and new Funding Formula
In the last few days of the Autumn term two key announcements were made on school funding. The first was a report from the National Audit Office (NAO) on how prepared schools and academies were in re...
Posted on 3rd January 2017
Spring Census - Fileset 502
A new Fileset (502) has been made available by Capita for the Spring Census. It contains updates to both the summary report and validation files. Downloading and Applying a Fileset Please check tha...
Posted on 19th December 2016
Latest advice for schools on ransomware
Ransomware is an aggressive form of computer virus that targets your server, encrypts files and then demands a ransom for their release. The technology driving ransomware - such as the CryptoLocker ...
Posted on 14th December 2016
Workplace issues this Christmas
Workplace issues this Christmas With Christmas just round the corner employers need to prepare for some familiar workplace issues, whether its unauthorised absence over the Christmas period or bad ...
Posted on 2nd December 2016
SIMS for Safeguarding
With Ofsted placing greater emphasis on safeguarding than ever before, it is essential that staff in schools are aware of their responsibilities and have confidence in the monitoring systems that are...
Posted on 30th November 2016
A Guide to the Apprenticeship Levy
The Apprenticeship Levy is a new government initiative announced in the 2015 Summer Budget that will come into force from April 2017. It is in effect a payroll tax that will apply to large organisati...
Posted on 14th November 2016
SIMS Training Courses in 2017
Dates for our 2017 SIMS courses are available to view now on our SIMS Training page. As well as some of the ever-popular, regular SIMS training courses you will also find some new courses on offer: ...
Posted on 10th November 2016
Personal Tax Account
Don’t have the time to call HMRC and wait on hold for what feels like forever to check your tax code or inform them of a change of address? HMRC have now created the personal tax account service ...