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Posted on 6th September 2018
MIS Service Desk high volume of calls
The MIS Service Desk is experiencing an exceptionally high volume of calls this week and we would please ask that you bear with us as we will deal with things in a priority order. We do understand t...
Posted on 29th August 2018
Teachers' Pay Scales from September 2018
We have implemented new Teachers' Pay Scales for 2018/19 in SBS Online. The new scales are STC (subject to confirmation) while we wait for official news about the rates in Inner London, Outer Londo...
Posted on 14th August 2018
Guest blog: A new dawn for schools?
A new dawn for schools? Guest post from Julie Cordiner, School Financial Success Changes in the air Listening to the experiences, views and concerns of headteachers, SBLs, governors and other spea...
Posted on 13th August 2018
Urgent and Important – Exams PI Report Problem
Exams PI Report Problem It has been found that the fileset 1001 causes a problem for one of the reports in the Exams PI and it has therefore been withdrawn. The existence of this fileset may be unkno...
Posted on 30th July 2018
SIMS Exams and Results Day – 2018 edition
The summer holidays are finally upon us with Mediterranean sunshine to help us forget about the school year, but for those of you involved in SIMS Exams and Results Day there’s still a little more ...
Posted on 25th July 2018
News round-up from the SBS Capita-accredited SIMS team
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...
Posted on 18th July 2018
New SIMS patch available: Issue with Contacts and CTFs with Pre-Admissions
This is an update from our previous blog in June Previous information: what is the issue? Capita have discovered an issue with importing CTFs for pre-admissions that may cause some problems with yo...
Posted on 16th July 2018
Are you ready for Analysing in SIMS?
Capita End of Key Stage, Exams, and Post-16 Analysis We know that at this time of year there are a lot of assessments and results to analyse and a lot of headline figures to collate and work out. T...
Posted on 12th July 2018
Your SIMS Summer Upgrade is here! (7.182)
The Change Request Release! The new upgrade is out and available now and comes with a vast array of little changes that have been made based on customer feedback through Capita’s Change Request sys...
Posted on 9th July 2018
Downloading & Importing KS2 test results
How to download & import KS2 test results from the NCA Tools Website Downloading the result file in CTF format read Login to the NCS tools Website Click here with the credentials supplied to the ...
Posted on 5th July 2018
Next generation of Exams in SIMS
Capita have released a sneak preview of the direction they’re heading for the next generation of Exams in SIMS. A very early preview of what to expect and how you can feedback with your thoughts. ...
Posted on 4th July 2018
Is your school having a summer technology clear out?
As July arrives, a reminder to schools that SBS can provide a convenient, cost-effective School Asset Disposal service. Ideal for spring cleaning around the Easter holidays or the summer break, scho...