Posted on 10th December 2015
Meet the team
We would like to introduce some of our new members of the team who have joined this year. Ricky Barton Finance Consultant I joined School Business Services in 2015 as a Finance Consultant; ...
Posted on 7th December 2015
Conferences, Shows & Reviews - What was said.
Over the last few weeks there has been the NASBM Annual Conference, the Academies Show and the Spending Review. Here is our quick catch up on some of the talking points from these. Real term cuts fo...
Posted on 7th December 2015
Progress 8 data within the SIMS School Report
We have seen this recent video from Capita regarding Progress 8 and thought it may be of interest to our readers because of how you can now view the Progress 8 data within the SIMS School Report and ...
Posted on 4th December 2015
Spring Census is just around the corner!
The date for the Spring 2016 Census is Thursday 21st January 2016 We will be publishing the school census documentation at the beginning of the new year, however, should you require an onsite consul...
Posted on 2nd December 2015
Payroll Software for Schools
Choosing the right payroll software for your school If you're evaluating payroll software for schools Mandy Gardiner from PW Payroll Solutions has outlined the must-have features. What do the best ...
Posted on 26th November 2015
Assessment Data & Student Progress
What will you show Ofsted in the future when their inspectors call? Life after levels, beginning in September 2015, will still require students to be assessed. Importantly, those assessments will n...
Posted on 26th November 2015
Upcoming Deadlines
There are a few things coming up that you might have missed in recent EFA bulletins - a couple require action in the next week. Post 16 Funding Speaking to schools and academies with 6th forms – a ...
Posted on 24th November 2015
Research, collaborate, streamline
The focus of the current government is to reduce the UK’s budget deficit – and whilst the government is currently committed to safeguarding existing school budgets, there will undoubtedly be dif...
Posted on 24th November 2015
Have you updated your Additional Staffing allowances?
Here at SBS HQ we are committed to ensuring customer satisfaction. As part of this we make it our responsibility to perform random spot checks on planners every now and again. If and when we see anyt...
Posted on 23rd November 2015
SOLUS3 Upgrade
Following the Capita technical road map, all schools using SIMS should upgrade to the new version of SOLUS by the end of March 2016. In addition, Microsoft have removed support for SQL Server 2008 an...
Posted on 20th November 2015
Using SIMS for Behaviour Management
This week is anti-bullying week. The theme for this year is Make a noise about bullying It is widely recognised that a robust behaviour recording and reporting system can help schools tackle bully...
Posted on 19th November 2015
Giving teachers more freedom
Giving teachers more freedom this Autumn with SIMS Assessment. Read Capita's Product Manager, Rachael Marshman’s blog on how SIMS is supporting school’s approach to assessment and what changes ...