Posted on 9th January 2017
Cost pressures for schools and new Funding Formula
In the last few days of the Autumn term two key announcements were made on school funding. The first was a report from the National Audit Office (NAO) on how prepared schools and academies were in re...
Posted on 6th January 2017
Changes to statutory maternity and sick pay rates in 2017
Statutory maternity and sick pay rates for 2017/18 The government has recently announced the changes to statutory maternity and sick pay rates in 2017. This includes adoption, paternity and shared p...
Posted on 3rd January 2017
Spring Census - Fileset 502
A new Fileset (502) has been made available by Capita for the Spring Census. It contains updates to both the summary report and validation files. Downloading and Applying a Fileset Please check tha...
Posted on 19th December 2016
Latest advice for schools on ransomware
Ransomware is an aggressive form of computer virus that targets your server, encrypts files and then demands a ransom for their release. The technology driving ransomware - such as the CryptoLocker ...
Posted on 15th December 2016
Consolidated Exams patch available
Capita have now released a consolidated exams patch (22509) which adds the newly identified discount codes TA1, TA2 and TA3 as well as correcting JCQ Gradeset 43 and fixing basedata issues previous...
Posted on 14th December 2016
Workplace issues this Christmas
Workplace issues this Christmas With Christmas just round the corner employers need to prepare for some familiar workplace issues, whether its unauthorised absence over the Christmas period or bad ...
Posted on 13th December 2016
Nearly Xmas - But Some Important Work Still To Do!
Many schools and academies are now in their final week before the Christmas break. But there are still important tasks to complete. Key Deadlines for Academies As we get to the end of the autumn te...
Posted on 9th December 2016
Spring 2017 Census
Our step by step Census documentation is available now so that you can get ahead and start preparing for Spring Census day which is on Thursday 19th January. Preparing for the Spring Census ...
Posted on 8th December 2016
Reduce Paper Records and Improve Efficiency
Back in the Summer, we published a blog about the new Direct Scan Solution from Brother. Please note this product is currently unavailable from our Procurement service and this blog is now for refer...
Posted on 7th December 2016
Updated KS4 Resources including Scatter Graphs
New Version of CAS Key Groups Inspection Dashboard Report This report has now been updated to include the 2016 National figures which have just been published. When imported, the updated report wil...
Posted on 5th December 2016
School servers targeted by hackers
It has been brought to our attention that hackers are targeting school servers What has been happening? The following unusual activity has been reported at a number of schools: Server drive permiss...
Posted on 2nd December 2016
SIMS for Safeguarding
With Ofsted placing greater emphasis on safeguarding than ever before, it is essential that staff in schools are aware of their responsibilities and have confidence in the monitoring systems that are...