Posted on 19th January 2015
Terrorism, Elections and School Finance
Whilst there are some important deadlines for schools, recent events require schools to consider their place within the wider community. Proposals and arguments will rage in this pre-election period, ...
Posted on 6th January 2015
Welcome to 2015
Out with the old and in with the new - welcome to 2015. For many academies the period around the year-end is the busiest period for School Business Managers, so we hope Christmas was all you wished fo...
Posted on 6th January 2015
Version table effective dates!
Our focus toward the end of 2014 was to cater for the new set of support salary scales that came into effect as of 1st January 2015. These new scales are unusual compared to previous, in that differe...
Posted on 18th December 2014
Hour of code for educators
Have you or your school tried the hour of code? Really useful on-line courses to let students try developing and using basic code for computer science and the new ICT curriculum. Almost 5 million pe...
Posted on 3rd December 2014
Office Mix for your classroom!
Office Mix for your classroom - bring your PowerPoint and class alive! Microsoft are offering an extended preview to Office & PowerPoint users to supercharge your presentations, especially good in...
Posted on 12th November 2014
Remembrance & Future Opportunities
For many November is a time for reflection. This is also true with Academy Finances, as the final adjustments are made by auditors across the land. Academies also need to look forward. Those looking t...
Posted on 6th November 2014
October saw the introduction of a few low-key, visual enhancements to SBS Online.
We were conscious that our focus had been on functionality over appearance for some time. A number of our customers had been requesting a more formal reporting appearance with some additional audit d...
Posted on 4th November 2014
Do you want to save your school some money?...
When I get asked to visit schools to discuss ICT being used within the school one of the first area's I like to discuss are Virtual Learning Environments, as most of the schools I visit use their VLE...
Posted on 19th October 2014
October Returns
October is not normally a month for Returns, but there are two returns that new Academies and Free Schools are likely to have to complete in the next few weeks. Also the EFA advise that a significant ...
Posted on 7th October 2014
Our big development news from September was the completion of stage 2 of our multi-actions release
In July, we introduced the ability to select and delete multiple items through a single process with minimal clicks. This latest release takes it a few steps further: users are now able to select mult...
Posted on 3rd October 2014
October Planner
A new month - and like many of you I'm busy finishing off academy year ends and preparing for the auditors. Looking at the recently updated EFA Business Cycle Wall Planner the main item for Academie...
Posted on 24th September 2014
Calling All Students and Teachers!! You Can Win 35 Surface RT Microsoft Tablets
Microsoft & Tablets for schools are looking for schools to submit how you are using Surface tablets within your schools to win tablets for your whole class! Below are the conditions and rules from...