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For Multi Academy Trusts

For Single Academy Trusts

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School Data Protection Officer (DPO) Service

Make GDPR and Data Protection our problem - not yours. NAHT assured!

Finance & Accountancy

Expert support delivered via a range of comprehensive finance support packages to suit the needs of your school or trust.

School Governance and Clerking Service

Is your clerk a professional advisor to your governors?

School Health and Safety Service

How safe is your school or multi-academy trust for students and staff?

ICT Support

Expert IT support in schools for day-to-day administration, effective delivery of the IT curriculum and future infrastructure planning.

MIS Support

SIMS, Arbor and ScholarPack accredited support, from statutory returns to timetabling construction.

School HR Advisory Service

Can you keep up with the latest legal requirements and HR best practice?

Procurement Services

Our procurement service provides school laptops, servers, touchscreens, online backup, broadband and more...

School Work Permit Service

Do you have the time, experience or the licence required to effectively recruit school teachers from overseas?

SBS Budgets Budget Management Software

The leading school budgeting experience: Create time, gain confidence, save money

JEDU Online GDPR Compliance Tracking Software

Pick the leading tool for school data protection officers - a mandatory role in state schools.

SBS Budgets Budget Management Software

The leading school budgeting experience: Create time, gain confidence, save money

School HR Advisory Service

Can you keep up with the latest legal requirements and HR best practice?

School HR Admin Service

Spend less time on HR paperwork and focus on maximising your school workforce!

Finance Processing Service

The Finance Processing Service is an SBS outsourced managed service. It's proven to save time and money and tailored services to your school or trust. We can work with any school finance system!

Internal Scrutiny for Academy Trusts

Partner with us to deliver your independent internal scrutiny/school audit for the next academic year.

MIS Managed Service

Full data management, including data processing, statutory returns, assessment, timetabling and end of year processes.

ICT Managed Services

Daily onsite support to trouble-shoot, daily management, and plan for new technologies in a budget effective way.

Thrive Subscription Offer

Use covid catch-up funding to swiftly embed a whole-school approach to pupil mental health.

Thrive Licensed Practitioner Course

Given the importance of supporting the mental health of children and young people today, SBS is delighted to be working with Thrive, a leading provider of training and tools for a whole-school approach to wellbeing.

SBS Budgets Budget Management Software

The leading school budgeting experience: Create time, gain confidence, save money

JEDU Online GDPR Compliance Tracking Software

Pick the leading tool for school data protection officers - a mandatory role in state schools.

MIS Essentials for Schools and Academies

Our MIS Essentials service has it all covered, and more! Includes the Pupil Census, Workforce Census and End of Year returns.

Finance Essentials for Academies and MATs

Our Finance Essentials service has it all covered, and more! We'll complete all statutory returns for your academy or MAT, including the AAR, BFRO, BFR3Y, SRMSAT and Land & Buildings Return. Plus, there's two more SBM lifelines included...

Finance Essentials for Maintained Schools

Our Finance Essentials service has it all covered, and more! We'll complete all statutory returns for your local authority maintained school, including the Quarters 1-3 & CFR return, Capital return and the 3 year budget submission. Plus, there's two more SBM lifelines included...

ICT Essentials for Schools and Academies

Subscribe for an affordable, smooth-running school or MAT ICT estate.

Financial Planning and Forecasting Software for Multi Academy Trusts

Strong trusts require reliable data to enable confident decision making.

SBS Budgets provides accurate financial planning and forecasting, tailored specifically to your MAT operating model.

Financial Planning and Forecasting Software for Single Academy Trusts

Academies need to trust their financial data and identify savings potential, allowing for reinvestment back into teaching and learning.

SBS Budgets empowers academies to make strategic, confident decisions by providing clear and accurate information.

Financial Planning and Forecasting Software for Maintained Schools

Schools rely on accurate financial data to identify potential savings, allowing for reinvestment back into teaching and learning.

SBS Budgets empowers schools to make strategic, confident decisions by providing clear and accurate information.

Single Academy Trusts - Finance & Accountancy Support

Our Finance packages for SATs delivers peace of mind to your back-office team by providing trusted and reliable support.

SATs working with our Finance service free up time to concentrate on strategic planning to continuously improve the quality of education and learning experience for pupils.

Multi Academy Trusts - Finance & Accountancy Support

Our Finance packages for MATs offer as little or as much support as is required, whether on a journey to grow or to consolidate.

We work with MATs to help ensure financial sustainability. We do this by ensuring there is real confidence in data, allowing for informed, strategic decision making.

Maintained Schools - Finance & Accountancy Support

Our support packages are ideal for experienced or new finance teams. Furthermore, they can be used as a ‘stop-gap’ whilst you are looking to recruit to your team.

By working with our Finance team, schools ensure continuity, quality, and peace of mind. SLT can focus on teaching and learning.

Finance & Accountancy Service

SBS Finance & Accountancy Services, providing financial confidence and clarity to MATs, SATs and maintained schools for over 15 years.

SBS Careers Open Day

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Financial Planning and Forecasting Software

For Multi Academy Trusts

For Single Academy Trusts

For Maintained Schools

School Data Protection Officer (DPO) Service

Make GDPR and Data Protection our problem - not yours. NAHT assured!

Finance & Accountancy

Expert support delivered via a range of comprehensive finance support packages to suit the needs of your school or trust.

School Governance and Clerking Service

Is your clerk a professional advisor to your governors?

School Health and Safety Service

How safe is your school or multi-academy trust for students and staff?

ICT Support

Expert IT support in schools for day-to-day administration, effective delivery of the IT curriculum and future infrastructure planning.

MIS Support

SIMS, Arbor and ScholarPack accredited support, from statutory returns to timetabling construction.

School HR Advisory Service

Can you keep up with the latest legal requirements and HR best practice?

Procurement Services

Our procurement service provides school laptops, servers, touchscreens, online backup, broadband and more...

School Work Permit Service

Do you have the time, experience or the licence required to effectively recruit school teachers from overseas?

SBS Budgets Budget Management Software

The leading school budgeting experience: Create time, gain confidence, save money

JEDU Online GDPR Compliance Tracking Software

Pick the leading tool for school data protection officers - a mandatory role in state schools.

SBS Budgets Budget Management Software

The leading school budgeting experience: Create time, gain confidence, save money

School HR Advisory Service

Can you keep up with the latest legal requirements and HR best practice?

School HR Admin Service

Spend less time on HR paperwork and focus on maximising your school workforce!

Finance Processing Service

The Finance Processing Service is an SBS outsourced managed service. It's proven to save time and money and tailored services to your school or trust. We can work with any school finance system!

Internal Scrutiny for Academy Trusts

Partner with us to deliver your independent internal scrutiny/school audit for the next academic year.

MIS Managed Service

Full data management, including data processing, statutory returns, assessment, timetabling and end of year processes.

ICT Managed Services

Daily onsite support to trouble-shoot, daily management, and plan for new technologies in a budget effective way.

Thrive Subscription Offer

Use covid catch-up funding to swiftly embed a whole-school approach to pupil mental health.

Thrive Licensed Practitioner Course

Given the importance of supporting the mental health of children and young people today, SBS is delighted to be working with Thrive, a leading provider of training and tools for a whole-school approach to wellbeing.

SBS Budgets Budget Management Software

The leading school budgeting experience: Create time, gain confidence, save money

JEDU Online GDPR Compliance Tracking Software

Pick the leading tool for school data protection officers - a mandatory role in state schools.

MIS Essentials for Schools and Academies

Our MIS Essentials service has it all covered, and more! Includes the Pupil Census, Workforce Census and End of Year returns.

Finance Essentials for Academies and MATs

Our Finance Essentials service has it all covered, and more! We'll complete all statutory returns for your academy or MAT, including the AAR, BFRO, BFR3Y, SRMSAT and Land & Buildings Return. Plus, there's two more SBM lifelines included...

Finance Essentials for Maintained Schools

Our Finance Essentials service has it all covered, and more! We'll complete all statutory returns for your local authority maintained school, including the Quarters 1-3 & CFR return, Capital return and the 3 year budget submission. Plus, there's two more SBM lifelines included...

ICT Essentials for Schools and Academies

Subscribe for an affordable, smooth-running school or MAT ICT estate.

Financial Planning and Forecasting Software for Multi Academy Trusts

Strong trusts require reliable data to enable confident decision making.

SBS Budgets provides accurate financial planning and forecasting, tailored specifically to your MAT operating model.

Financial Planning and Forecasting Software for Single Academy Trusts

Academies need to trust their financial data and identify savings potential, allowing for reinvestment back into teaching and learning.

SBS Budgets empowers academies to make strategic, confident decisions by providing clear and accurate information.

Financial Planning and Forecasting Software for Maintained Schools

Schools rely on accurate financial data to identify potential savings, allowing for reinvestment back into teaching and learning.

SBS Budgets empowers schools to make strategic, confident decisions by providing clear and accurate information.

Single Academy Trusts - Finance & Accountancy Support

Our Finance packages for SATs delivers peace of mind to your back-office team by providing trusted and reliable support.

SATs working with our Finance service free up time to concentrate on strategic planning to continuously improve the quality of education and learning experience for pupils.

Multi Academy Trusts - Finance & Accountancy Support

Our Finance packages for MATs offer as little or as much support as is required, whether on a journey to grow or to consolidate.

We work with MATs to help ensure financial sustainability. We do this by ensuring there is real confidence in data, allowing for informed, strategic decision making.

Maintained Schools - Finance & Accountancy Support

Our support packages are ideal for experienced or new finance teams. Furthermore, they can be used as a ‘stop-gap’ whilst you are looking to recruit to your team.

By working with our Finance team, schools ensure continuity, quality, and peace of mind. SLT can focus on teaching and learning.

Finance & Accountancy Service

SBS Finance & Accountancy Services, providing financial confidence and clarity to MATs, SATs and maintained schools for over 15 years.

SBS Careers Open Day

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Blogs & Updates

SIMS Summer Census 2022 guidance

April 29 2022

Here’s your SIMS update on the latest guidance for the Summer Term 2022 School Census.

SIMS Spring Census 2022 guidance

January 12 2022

Here’s your SIMS update on the latest guidance for the Spring Term 2022 School Census.

Important update: SIMS School Workforce Census Patch & Fileset

November 04 2021

ESS have identified a serious issue with the School Workforce Census (SWC) within SIMS.

SIMS School Workforce Census

October 19 2021

With the School Workforce Census fast approaching SBS is here to help you through it.

SIMS Autumn Census 2021 guidance

September 21 2021

Here’s your SIMS update on the latest guidance for the Autumn Term 2021 School Census.

SIMS Summer Census 2021 guidance

April 30 2021

Here’s your update on the latest guidance for the Summer Term 2021 School Census.

New Census Fileset 1203 for Summer Census 2019

May 14 2019

Capita have now made available the final version of the Census fileset for the summer Census 2019. We are not expecting there to be another one released before the census. As usual, please ensure th...

SIMS Summer Census 2019 guidance

April 26 2019

The SIMS Summer Census will be on Thursday 16th May this year. Congratulations, you’ve survived 2 of them, and only one more to go for this academic year. The final census of the year is tradition...

SIMS Spring Census guidance 2019

January 08 2019

The SIMS Spring Census will be on Thursday 17th January 2019 Happy New Year from us at SBS and apologies for being the bearer of bad news, it’s the Spring School Census next week and to get you go...

SIMS Spring Census guidance

January 12 2018

The SIMS Spring Census will be on Thursday 18th January 2018 Happy New Year from us at SBS and apologies for being the bearer of bad news, it’s the Spring School Census next week and to get you go...

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