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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...
Posted on 25th July 2017
Teachers' Pay Scales from September 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%. ...
Posted on 20th July 2017
SIMS Exams - results day guidance updated for 2017
As the academic year draws to a close and we look ahead to the summer holidays, Exams Officers in particular are turning their attentions to preparations for the results days. Results Day Survival K...
Posted on 18th July 2017
July Shorts
July Shorts There have been a number of announcements these last few weeks – so here is your one stop source to all the information you need. Pupil Premium Detailed school and local authority lev...
Posted on 14th July 2017
SBS Online Update - In-Year Balances plus more
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...
Posted on 5th July 2017
Dear Accounting Officer - Land and Buildings Collection Tool
Peter Lauener, Chief Executive of the ESFA, has written to all academy accounting officers and chief finance officers setting out a timetable for reports over the next 13 months. Peter states in his ...