Blogs & Updates
SBS Online Redesign Blog Series – School Navigation
March 02 2018
This is the third installment of our SBS Online Redesign Blog Series.
This series of blogs has been created to ensure that schools are familiar with the software redesign before it is released.
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SBS Online Redesign Blog Series - Software Dashboard
February 27 2018
This is the second installment of our SBS Online Redesign Blog Series.
Previous blog in the series:
Blog 1: Login screen
Blogs we've posted since:
Blog 2: Dashboard
Blog 3: School Navigation
Blo...
SBS Online is getting a new look!
February 22 2018
The redesign of our school budget management software SBS Online will greatly improve the user experience, make financial planning easier and save significant time when navigating across the menus.
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New 2018/19 National Insurance Calculations
February 22 2018
The new 2018/19 National Insurance table is now available for you to apply to your budgets.
From April 2018, the employer contribution rate of 13.8% will remain the same, but the thresholds have bee...
Support Staff Pay Scales from April 2018
January 08 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...
Teachers' Pay Scales from September 2017
July 25 2017
We have implemented new teachers' pay scales for 2017/18 in SBS Online.
All teacher pay scales have been increased by 1% from 1st September 2017, except for M1 to M6 which have been increased by 2%. ...
SBS Online Update - In-Year Balances plus more
July 14 2017
The latest SBS Online update contains a new in-year row balance for several reports, maximum scales for teacher contracts, and improvements to Excel exports and other commitments in the Budget Monito...
SBS Online 2017/18 National Insurance Calculations
January 30 2017
The new 2017/18 National Insurance table is now available to apply to your budgets.
From April 2017, the employer's contribution rate of 13.8% will remain the same, but the thresholds have increased...
SBS Online – November Update
November 03 2016
The latest update to SBS Online contains some improvements to parent planners of Multi-school trusts, new rounding options and a new set of tooltips on parent planners.
Trust Schools
In the 'Multi-sc...
How to Budget for the Apprenticeship Levy
September 27 2016
The apprenticeship levy has been talked about for what seems like an eternity.
It is now almost upon us and we have to budget for it accordingly.
The levy comes into effect in April 2017 and will se...
Budgeting