Posted on 19th May 2016
Winner of our SIMS Accreditation Survey
Firstly, a big thank you to all schools who participated in our SIMS Accreditation Survey. We are delighted to have achieved our accreditation and are very touched by the feedback. How does a SIMS ...
Posted on 16th May 2016
Kaizen!
Every school, academy and college wants to get better. This week we look at research that might help you. Research, Collaborate, Streamline – revisited. In an earlier blog we discussed what steps ...
Posted on 12th May 2016
Not ready for the School Census next week? We can help.
With just a week left until the Summer Census, we are busy arranging remote Census sessions: a great way of making the most of your SLA visit time. It isn't too late for you to book - you can cal...
Posted on 6th May 2016
Adding a School Closure (Exceptional Circumstance) in SIMS
If your school is fully or partially closed to students because it is being used as a Polling Station, DfE advice states that the # code be used. Code #: Planned whole or partial school closure ...
Posted on 5th May 2016
SIMS Remote Services - maximising efficiency
Summer Census, Autumn Census, School Workforce Census, Spring Census…long gone are the days when school office staff could find some ‘quiet time’ to catch up on things. Here at School Business...
Posted on 5th May 2016
Support staff pay scales 2016 - latest news
Just a quick update with regards to the support staff pay scales for 2016. You may well be aware of this, but for those of you who are not, we hope that this proves useful. In March, two of the recogn...
Posted on 4th May 2016
Changing role of the SBM
A bumper finance and business post will be published next week. In the meantime, here's something we thought you might like to read. Changing role of the SBM We wanted to share this really interes...
Posted on 3rd May 2016
School Census - Fileset 302
A new Fileset (302) has been made available by Capita for the Summer Census. It contains updates to both the summary report and validation files. Downloading and Applying a Fileset Please check tha...
Posted on 29th April 2016
School budget setting process
How was it for you? School budget setting process 2016-17 We are keen to hear about how you found your school budget setting process this year. With many schools submitting their budget in early May...
Posted on 28th April 2016
End of Key Stage – Scaled Scores
The month of May heralds end of key stage test time. As you will be aware, pupils studying the new national curriculum will not be assessed using levels; instead, levels will be replaced by scaled s...
Posted on 26th April 2016
Changes to CFR & March Accounts Return
April is a busy period in all schools. For those in the maintained sector it is the start of a new financial year - with the EFA announcing changes to CFR. All academies are required to provide ...
Posted on 20th April 2016
Summer Census time
The Summer census is on Thursday 19th May. Our step by step documentation to help you prepare for summer census time and run the census is now available for download via the links below. You wi...