
Posted on 7th June 2019
End of Key Stage Processes 2019
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...

Posted on 5th June 2019
Urgent action required for Capita SIMS Pay
Action required by June 30th for Capita SIMS Pay customers Capita have provided an urgent message for all Capita SIMS Pay customers. Please read the below if you use this product as it will have a ...

Posted on 3rd June 2019
June SIMS Training Courses from SBS
Take a refresher this Summer! Take a look at the June SIMS Training Courses from SBS and see what we have to offer! Our SIMS training courses are ideal for maximising the use of your system, traini...

Posted on 23rd May 2019
Prior Attainment Banding (Advice from ASCL)
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...

Posted on 14th May 2019
New Census Fileset 1203 for Summer Census 2019
Capita have now made available the final version of the Census fileset for the summer Census 2019. We are not expecting there to be another one released before the census. As usual, please ensure th...

Posted on 3rd May 2019
Update to school Funding Predictor in SBS Online
We have released a new and improved version of the school Funding Predictor. The new school Funding Predictor allows you to add Free Type lines to cater for more areas of funding. Any Free Type line...

Posted on 30th April 2019
May SIMS Training Courses from SBS
Fancy brushing up on your skills this term? Take a look at the May SIMS Training Courses from SBS! Our SIMS training courses are ideal for maximising the use of your system, training your team or t...

Posted on 26th April 2019
SIMS Summer Census 2019 guidance
The SIMS Summer Census will be on Thursday 16th May this year. Congratulations, you’ve survived 2 of them, and only one more to go for this academic year. The final census of the year is tradition...

Posted on 16th April 2019
SIMS Maintaining the Timetable Training Course
SIMS Maintaining the Timetable Training Course coming this month! Our upcoming SIMS Maintaining the Timetable Training Course is a rewarding course for all staff responsible for the day-to-day main...

Posted on 15th April 2019
CFR Framework Changes
There has been two changes to the CFR Framework for the financial year 2019/20. The Consistent Financial Reporting (CFR) framework provides a standard template for all maintained schools to collec...

Posted on 11th April 2019
DfE to fund Teacher Pension increase
The government has announced that the Teacher Pension employer contributions increase will be funded. One item that has been concerning schools is whether the approaching employers teacher pension i...

Posted on 9th April 2019
NJC Support Scales Migration April '19
SBS Online are offering two migration scripts for users to implement the new NJC Support Scales structure. The details of these migrations and how they would affect your budget have been emailed to...