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Posted on 5th June 2015
Do your governors have what it takes?
With governors now more accountable, having a governing body with a range of skills is key to supporting high standards of educational achievement across your school. The latest guidance from the Dep...
Posted on 5th June 2015
The SIMS Teacher App - Making everyday classroom tasks even easier
Imagine stepping into the classroom and your tablet knows which lesson you’re taking and shows the name and picture of all students in that class. Mark a student late and it shows by how many minute...
Posted on 15th May 2015
Latest News
Since our allowances update was added to SBS Online in April, we have been hard at work developing and testing another comprehensive update to the software. This new release will include several grea...
Posted on 4th May 2015
May the Fourth Be With You!
This blog is being published on ‘Star Wars Day’. In a few days’ time our opinion will be sought on which empire returns to No. 10 and whether the new government will be a clone of the last. But ...
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Posted on 14th April 2015
Interactive touch screens vs Interactive white boards
Here at SBS we want to ensure our customers get the best quality devices at best value but also what fits the need of the school. One area I like to discuss with SLT, ICT Coordinators and Governing...
Posted on 9th April 2015
SBS Online Allowances update
What is in the new Allowances update? Future Values for Allowances You will now be able to specify what allowances will be worth at any given effective date in your planner. This negates the need t...
Posted on 1st April 2015
March has seen a great deal of development take place in preparation for the next series of updates to SBS Online.
We have been hard at work improving a range of aspects related to staff contracts and navigation within the software. April will see the first of these updates arrive. The new update will deliver an i...
Posted on 24th March 2015
Happy birthday SBS blog!
This is the 30th blog we have published – the first being on 21 March 2014. So happy birthday blog. We hope that you have found the contents over the year useful – and of course we welcome any f...
Posted on 18th March 2015
Top Tips On Fund Raising
Bid writing is a huge part of any business role. Glyn Marsh, Senior Financial Consultant with School Business Services, recently gives his top ten tips for School Business Managers. Any Bid Is Like A...
Posted on 12th February 2015
Are you ready for May 8th 2015?
May the 8th is the day after the next election, when we will know in general terms how education will be funded for the next 5 years. Have you updated your SWOT & PEST to take account of a range o...
Posted on 2nd February 2015
Academy Trusts Spend £26m On Audit Fees
In recent blogs we have reminded you about deadlines for the submission of Audited Accounts, Value for Money Statements and the Annual Accounts Return. On the 20 January the EFA’s own accounts to 31...
Posted on 30th January 2015
Vision for Technology in Education - SBS & Microsoft free ICT Conference!
Vision for Technology in Education Conference – Monday 9th February 2015 Microsoft are running a joint ICT conference with School Business Services specifically designed to help school leadership t...