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What the Spending Review 2025 Means for School Budgets

At School Business Services, we’ve reviewed the government's full Spending Review 2025 and pulled together the key takeaways and what they mean for your budget planning over the next few years.

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Census - New Fileset 205
MIS

Posted on 21st September 2015

Census - New Fileset 205

Downloading and Applying a Fileset Use the link provided to download the ZIP file to an available folder; it doesn’t matter what folder is chosen as the ZIP does not contain any sensitive data. D...

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School & Academy Shorts
Finance

Posted on 21st September 2015

School & Academy Shorts

School & Academy Shorts The DfE has released guidance on the PE & Sports Premium received by primary schools. The notes explain how much will be received and how schools might choose to spend...

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Census Preparation Documentation
MIS

Posted on 16th September 2015

Census Preparation Documentation

With the census date looming on 1st October it’s important to prepare to ensure that you meet the deadline. Our preparation documentation is now available for you to download via the links below. ...

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Fileset 204 for the Autumn Census
MIS

Posted on 9th September 2015

Fileset 204 for the Autumn Census

Please note: A new Fileset has been released by Capita ready for your School Census and School Workforce Return and is available for you. Please check that you have had your Summer upgrade and are on...

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Happy New Year
Finance

Posted on 4th September 2015

Happy New Year

The new school year has started. I’m sure that as well as re-kindling some old acquaintances all schools will be welcoming new colleagues, new pupils and new parents. Many new academies will have a...

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School Census - Autumn 2015
MIS

Posted on 1st September 2015

School Census - Autumn 2015

It's that time of year again! School census date Thursday 1st October 2015, please remember that this census is very important for your funding allocation. We will be sending out the documentation fo...

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Managing after school clubs and trips takes a leap into the future!
MIS

Posted on 25th August 2015

Managing after school clubs and trips takes a leap into the future!

Throw out your spreadsheets and notepads, great savings in admin time! CHQ Virtual Activities Environment (VAE) is an exciting new web-based product that allows you to fully manage all of your out of...

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SBS Online update! KPIs & Analysis Tags
Financial Planning

Posted on 6th August 2015

SBS Online update! KPIs & Analysis Tags

Hope you are enjoying some hard-earned time off over the summer! We've released a new SBS Online update. It contains a range improvements with the two major features being Key Performance Indicators...

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Sizzling Summer Reads
Finance

Posted on 3rd August 2015

Sizzling Summer Reads

Whether you are sat on a sunny Spanish beach or camped in a cool Clacton cove, we look at some of the 'best sellers' for finance staff this August Academies Financial Handbook The latest edition come...

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Windows Server 2003 support ended on July 14, 2015! Act now!
ICT

Posted on 31st July 2015

Windows Server 2003 support ended on July 14, 2015! Act now!

What does this mean for you and your school? Microsoft will no longer issue security updates for any version of Windows Server 2003. If you are still running Windows Server 2003 in your school(s) ...

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Pupil Premium Information
MIS

Posted on 24th July 2015

Pupil Premium Information

Financial Year 2015-16 Calculation Spreadsheet – this file allows you to copy and paste the DfE CSV file and this will then calculate the amounts of Pupil Premium for the school. Download the fil...

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Address Validation Error - resolved
MIS

Posted on 23rd July 2015

Address Validation Error - resolved

Capita have solved the issue of the Address Validation not working and this was due to the move of their hosted services....

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