Blogs & Updates

COVID-19 Guidance for Education Settings
  March 05 2020
Guidance for schools and other educational settings in providing advice about the novel coronavirus, COVID-19 This guidance will assist schools and other educational settings in providing advice for...
The SBS MIS team completes Arbor accreditation
  December 05 2019

MIS

We’re delighted to announce that we have become an accredited support provider for Arbor MIS The Arbor accreditation team visited the SBS Milton Keynes office recently to complete our accreditati...
Integrated Curriculum & Financial Planning (ICFP) in SIMS
  October 23 2019

MIS

An MIS reporting tool for ICFP In response to the Department for Education demanding greater accountability in school/MAT spending in the current financial climate, there is a need to be able to ver...
End of Key Stage Processes 2019
  June 07 2019

MIS

The End of Key Stage is an important submission in Capita SIMS at a busy time of the year. This time last year I was talking about the beautiful sunshine and getting your BBQs out, this year the sun...
Prior Attainment Banding (Advice from ASCL)
  May 23 2019

MIS

In the absence of official guidance from the DfE around the Prior Attainment Banding information for cohorts with scaled scores, ASCL have provided a suggested course of action. Download PDF → P...
News round-up from the SBS Capita-accredited SIMS team
  July 25 2018

MIS

SBS MIS support team achieves Capita SIMS accreditation for the third time! Our accreditation visit, led by Capita's Professional Services team, took place during the SBS Company Developmen...
Winner of our SIMS Accreditation Survey
  May 19 2016

MIS

Firstly, a big thank you to all schools who participated in our SIMS Accreditation Survey. We are delighted to have achieved our accreditation and are very touched by the feedback. How does a SIMS ...
SIMS accreditation
  February 23 2016

MIS

MIS support team achieves Capita SIMS accreditation for the second time Following a thorough assessment of our high quality service, and participation from our valued schools, the SIMS support team a...