Posted on 19th March 2020
Are you preparing for your staff and students to work from home?
Home learning and working is now essential. The difficulty for most schools is managing this on a daily, weekly and monthly basis, whilst ensuring minimal disruption. In these unprecedented times w...
Posted on 16th March 2020
Y Code - Exceptional Circumstances for COVID-19
Y CODE - Exceptional Circumstances for COVID-19 - Self-Isolating Pupils Please follow the instructions below for entering a Y Code for Self-Isolating Pupils. Creating an Exceptional Circumstance in...
Posted on 12th March 2020
Upcoming changes in the Capita SIMS 2020 Spring Release
This blog follows our recent update about the Capita FMS 2020 Spring Release. Another term and another update to SIMS. It's almost as if they're scheduled this way or something! It's not a massive r...
Posted on 11th March 2020
Statement in relation to Coronavirus (COVID-19)
Statement in relation to Coronavirus (COVID-19) This statement sets out the steps that School Business Services is taking to help keep staff safe from the Coronavirus and therefore maintain as consis...
Posted on 6th March 2020
SIMS Extended Reporting Training Course
SIMS Extended Reporting Course coming this month The SIMS Extended Reporting training course builds on the ground covered in the SIMS Standard Reporting Course and extends those techniques further....
Posted on 5th March 2020
National Insurance rates 2020/21
This blog refers to SBS Budgets, our budget management software accessed anywhere via SBS Online. The National Insurance rates for 2020/21 have now been released by the HMRC. As in previous years, t...
Posted on 2nd March 2020
SIMS Attendance and Attendance Reporting Course
SIMS Attendance and Attendance Reporting Course coming this March This course provides a comprehensive overview of SIMS Attendance and how it can facilitate your attendance procedures. Delivered b...
Posted on 28th January 2020
SIMS Standard Reporting Course
SIMS Standard Reporting Course coming this February This course introduces the user to the report designing process in SIMS with the objective to extract useful information from the Pupil/Student d...
Posted on 27th January 2020
February SIMS Training Courses
Take a look at what we have got coming up this February! Our SIMS 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. Be...
Posted on 9th January 2020
Term-time only staff may be owed backdated holiday pay
This blog refers to SBS Budgets, our new look budget management software as part of the SBS Online evolution. There has been a change to the NJC National Agreement on Pay Conditions of Service (G...
Posted on 5th December 2019
The SBS MIS team completes Arbor accreditation
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...
Posted on 20th November 2019
Free ASP product for schools and MATs - Arbor Insight
Completely Free Performance Analysis Tool for every school and MAT Arbor Insight is a completely free performance analysis tool that benchmarks your school’s performance against the national avera...