Blogs & Updates

Early Years Initial Teacher Training (EYITT) - apply by 31st May
  May 19 2022
If you would like your team to begin training to become Early Years Teachers this September, then please, apply by 31st of May!
The benefits of employing school Fundraising Support Staff
  February 23 2022
It is becoming more common for schools to appoint a fundraiser either full time at the larger secondary level or part time for smaller and primary schools.
Make budgeting software work for you
  February 22 2022
Lynne Higginbottom, Bursar, reflects on her professional journey and experience with school budgeting solutions.
Incident reporting in schools: how effective are existing processes?
  February 15 2022
This reflective blog is by teamSOS, our incident response solution partners. How effective are runners, emails and radios?
The DfE release more funding for Designated Senior Mental Health Leads
  February 11 2022
To mark Children's Mental Health Week, the DfE has announced an additional £3 million of funding for Designated Senior Mental Health Lead training.
2 weeks to go! Champion School Governance on #SchoolGovDay
  February 08 2022
SBS is proud to support National School Governors’ Awareness Day, which is taking place on 22nd February 2022.
National Professional Qualifications (NPQs) Deadline Extension: Apply by 16 January
  January 07 2022
Outstanding Leaders Partnership, supported by Best Practice Network, have extended their Spring 2022 NPQ application deadline to the 16th January.
Make sure you don’t under-forecast backdated pay awards
  December 14 2021
We all know that pay awards never go through on the dates you expect them to/budget for.
TeamSOS Heron Way Primary School case study
  December 13 2021
An inspiring example of how a Primary School replaced radios with teamSOS for their incident response solution
Why employ a school ICT apprentice? - SBS featured on SBL podcast
  September 23 2021

ICT

Hot on the heels of a series of insightful blogs using his expertise, our ICT Engineer Simon Martin was recently featured on a podcast with Laura Williams discussing the benefits of an ICT apprentice.