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...
Posted on 27th October 2017
School Workforce Census Autumn 2017
With November rapidly approaching and the half term break finishing it’s time to start looking forward to the School Workforce Census Autumn 2017. Here you are going to find the how to guides, and...
Posted on 16th October 2017
Exams Officer training delivered by Paula Wood
Introducing Paula Wood - Senior MIS Consultant We are excited to announce that Paula Wood has recently joined the SBS MIS team. Paula has an outstanding national reputation amongst Examinations Of...
Posted on 4th October 2017
Importing Updated Exams Results
At this time of the year you may be getting in some updated results and wondering how to get these into SIMS and Exams Organiser. To add a new result that was not imported through a result file you...
Posted on 2nd October 2017
Are robots the future of customer service?
Customer satisfaction and optimising the customer experience should be at the top of the agenda for any business and SBS is no exception. Although this week is Customer Service Week we aim for great ...
Posted on 29th September 2017
Autumn Census 2017 - Fileset 704
A new Fileset (704) has been made available by Capita for the Autumn Census. Downloading and Applying a Fileset Please ensure that you have had your Summer upgrade and are on SIMS 7.176 before you...
Posted on 19th September 2017
SIMS Autumn Census guidance
The SIMS Autumn Census will be on Thursday 5th October 2017 With October coming around fast it’s time again for that joyous thing that is the October School Census. To help with carrying it out we
Posted on 8th September 2017
Your updated Pupil Premium 2017/18
As many of you are no doubt aware, your Pupil Premium 'ticks' will not have carried over from last year and so will need to be re-entered. Thankfully to make our lives a little easier, you can down...
Posted on 16th August 2017
School Teachers' Pay and Conditions Document (STPCD) 2017
Changes to the School Teachers Pay and Conditions Document 2017 The new School Teachers Pay and Conditions Document (STPCD) 2017 has now been published by the Department for Education (DfE). The ma...
Posted on 4th August 2017
Summer Reading
July is often the month that the ESFA publishes its summer blockbusters, so that business managers in schools and academies have some essential reading for their beach holidays. Our top five reads fo...
Posted on 28th July 2017
Supreme Court decides that employment tribunal fees system is unlawful
Changes to employment tribunal fees In July 2013 the Government introduced the Employment Tribunals and Employment Appeal Tribunal Fees Order 2013, which required all individuals to pay a fee to bri...