Posted on 22nd January 2018
Catholic Education Services (CES) Census 2018
For some of you the Census is now done, but for others you still have another one to complete, the CES Census. Please see below a link to a Completing the Census guide, along with a couple of bits ta...
Posted on 12th January 2018
SIMS Spring Census guidance
The SIMS Spring Census will be on Thursday 18th January 2018 Happy New Year from us at SBS and apologies for being the bearer of bad news, it’s the Spring School Census next week and to get you go...
Posted on 9th January 2018
SIMS Basics Webinar
We're excited to be beginning 2018 with a SIMS Basics Webinar this Spring Term! If you’ve wanted to attend one of our SIMS Basics courses before but haven’t been able to get to our training ven...
Posted on 8th January 2018
Support Staff Pay Scales from April 2018
This weekend we have released updated values for support staff national pay scales effective from 1st April 2018. The new scales are STC (subject to confirmation) while we wait for official news abo...
Posted on 4th January 2018
Happy New Year from the SBS Finance & Business team!
It was lovely to see that 130 people are on the Department of Education 2018 New Year Honours list. Particularly rewarding to see many Governors and several School Business and Office staff being re...
Posted on 11th December 2017
Handling a School Closure in SIMS – Snow!
Handling a School Closure in SIMS – Snow! It’s starting to look a bit like Christmas with snow falling all around us, but whilst it’s lovely to look at from the comfort of your home, it can al...
Posted on 8th December 2017
Preparing for your Spring Census 2018
Sorry to have to put a downer on your race to the Christmas holidays but it occurs that you’ll not be long back before you have to start thinking about your Spring School Census. Don’t worry, thi...
Posted on 4th December 2017
National Living and Minimum Wage April 2018
National Living and Minimum Wage April 2018 The Government have announced that with effect from 1 April 2018 the National Living Wage (NLW) and National Minimum Wage (NMW) will increase. The Natio...
Posted on 30th November 2017
Changes to statutory maternity and sick pay rates in 2018
Statutory maternity and sick pay rates for 2018/19 The government has recently announced the changes to statutory maternity and sick pay rates in 2018. This includes maternity, adoption, paternity a...
Posted on 27th November 2017
Important information about your SIMS upgrade
An issue has been found regarding the latest SIMS upgrade and Sophos Intercept X With all the excitement around the new upgrade we’ve unfortunately been made aware of an issue that will stop the u...
Posted on 23rd November 2017
More information about our Exams Officer training
A reminder about our Exams Officer training which is just a few weeks away! Please share this blog with school staff or contacts who may be interested. Booking information Date: Monday 4th Decem...
Posted on 15th November 2017
SIMS Autumn 2017 Upgrade - v7.178
Sing! Dance! Throw a party! …Okay, maybe don’t get too excited, it’s just the new SIMS Autumn 2017 Upgrade. We are starting to contact schools to arrange your upgrade over the next few weeks b...