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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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Beware! Microsoft Monthly Rollup - January Windows Server Patches
ICT

Posted on 25th January 2022

Beware! Microsoft Monthly Rollup - January Windows Server Patches

Please be aware of January’s latest patches – KB5009624 and KB5009586 as they appear to break your Windows Server 2012r2 Hyper-V Hypervisor.

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SIMS Spring Census 2022 guidance
MIS

Posted on 12th January 2022

SIMS Spring Census 2022 guidance

Here’s your SIMS update on the latest guidance for the Spring Term 2022 School Census.

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Arbor Spring Census 2022 guidance
MIS

Posted on 12th January 2022

Arbor Spring Census 2022 guidance

Thursday 20th January 2022 is census day but for all you eager beavers you can carry out a dry run in Arbor now!

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National Professional Qualifications (NPQs) Deadline Extension: Apply by 16 January
Company News

Posted on 7th January 2022

National Professional Qualifications (NPQs) Deadline Extension: Apply by 16 January

Outstanding Leaders Partnership, supported by Best Practice Network, have extended their Spring 2022 NPQ application deadline to the 16th January.

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January Training Courses
MIS

Posted on 4th January 2022

January Training Courses

Take a look at what we have got coming up in January! Our training courses are ideal for maximising the use of your system, training your team or to prepare you for a new role in a school.

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TeamSOS Heron Way Primary School case study
Company News

Posted on 13th December 2021

TeamSOS Heron Way Primary School case study

An inspiring example of how a Primary School replaced radios with teamSOS for their incident response solution

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A day in the life of our MIS Service Desk team
MIS

Posted on 7th December 2021

A day in the life of our MIS Service Desk team

Our MIS Service Desk team has provided some insight into their day-to-day work. We are currently accredited to support Arbor, ESS SIMS, IRIS Ed:gen and ScholarPack...

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Resource available from the DfE - Learn more about school funding
Finance

Posted on 22nd November 2021

Resource available from the DfE - Learn more about school funding

We wanted to make our Finance & Accountancy blog subscribers aware of some useful information available from the DfE's Education Hub blog.

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MAT Centralisation under the spotlight
Financial Planning

Posted on 16th November 2021

MAT Centralisation under the spotlight

This article provides news and insight on MAT centralisation. SBS' experience with MAT operations has delivered some findings which you may find useful.

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Sync staff data at the touch of a button - SBS Budgets and Arbor now integrated!
Financial Planning

Posted on 10th November 2021

Sync staff data at the touch of a button - SBS Budgets and Arbor now integrated!

SBS Sync now includes leading MIS software, Arbor. Plan your budget more easily and accurately by syncing your data directly from Arbor MIS into SBS Budgets.

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Important update: SIMS School Workforce Census Patch & Fileset
MIS

Posted on 4th November 2021

Important update: SIMS School Workforce Census Patch & Fileset

ESS have identified a serious issue with the School Workforce Census (SWC) within SIMS.

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SWC NQT Status Funding
MIS

Posted on 25th October 2021

SWC NQT Status Funding

All state-funded schools that currently have an NQT who is due to complete induction this summer will have access to a one-off payment to further support the development of this cohort.

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