Blogs & Updates

SIMS Pay - New Wraparound Care functionality
  December 14 2020

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All SIMS Pay customers can now access new Wraparound Care functionality at no additional cost to help manage childcare provisions such as breakfast and after school clubs. Benefits to schools Low...
SIMS Standard Reporting Webinar
  December 01 2020
SBS has created a 90 minute webinar to help provide you with the skills to create, run and edit reports in SIMS We have created a page on our website providing more details, and the training will b...
SIMS Cover Webinar
  October 14 2020

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SBS has created a 1 hour bitesize webinar to help you arrange cover and use Cover statistic reports We have created a page on our website providing more details, and the training will be delivered ...
Delayed Year 1 Phonics Check
  October 05 2020

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Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the DfE have delayed the assessment and return of the Year 1 Phonics Check. In summary the Year 1 Phonics Check will now take place between 1st November and 31st December...
SIMS School Workforce Census Webinar
  September 22 2020
SBS has created a remotely delivered training course to help you edit and create your School Workforce Census. We have created a page on our website providing more details, and the training will be...
Let's get ready to Census (SIMS)
  September 18 2020

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Please note the fileset download and guides have been updated since the original post 01/10/20 is the Autumn Census day this year, so let's make a start, get those dry runs on the go and get ahead o...
NEW SIMS Labels, Letters and Certificates
  August 19 2020
SBS has created a remotely delivered training course to help you create Labels, Letters and Certificates within SIMS. We have created a page on our website providing more details, and the training ...
The SIMS Summer Upgrade is now available!
  July 27 2020

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SIMS Version 7.194 has been released, get your upgrade here. The final upgrade of this academic year is within reach. Our team are now booking in and carrying out the SIMS summer upgrades for our s...
Remote training - Preparing SIMS for Summer 2020 Results Day
  July 06 2020

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SBS has created a remotely delivered training course to help schools prepare SIMS for results day and report efficiently and effectively. This course, delivered remotely on Tuesday 14th July 2020, ...
A helping hand for the daily SAGE form
  June 15 2020

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Temporary attendance codes have been made available to help schools report back to the DfE. Capita have produced Patch 25870 that will temporarily make codes 7,8,9 and Y available within Edit Marks ...