Blogs & Updates

SIMS Pay is changing!
  July 20 2021

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SIMS Pay is changing names - its new name is Pay360 Education Payments
Support Staff Pay Scales from April 2018
  January 08 2018
This weekend we have released updated values for support staff national pay scales effective from 1st April 2018. The new scales are STC (subject to confirmation) while we wait for official news abo...
Changes to statutory maternity and sick pay rates in 2018
  November 30 2017
Statutory maternity and sick pay rates for 2018/19 The government has recently announced the changes to statutory maternity and sick pay rates in 2018. This includes maternity, adoption, paternity a...
A guide to gender pay gap reporting and what it means for your school
  March 07 2017
More than 35 years after the United Kingdom's Equal Pay Act was introduced, the Office for National Statistics released a report that found on average women earn around 19.2% less than men in the UK....
Updates to the Green Book Conditions of Service document
  March 02 2017
The Green Book, which applies to all support staff working in schools, has been updated to reflect the changes introduced since the existing 2005 version was published. The updated Green Book Conditi...
2017/2018 National Insurance Rates for SIMS
  February 14 2017

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The new 2017/2018 National Insurance table rates will need to be added to SIMS Personnel. The following table displays the new rates: Band Upper Monthly Earnings Limit Lower Monthly Earnings Limi...
Gender pay gap reporting webinar
  January 13 2017
Gender pay gap reporting webinar We uncovered a useful webinar on gender pay gap reporting by XpertHR which might be of interest to a number of academies and independent schools. The aim of the webi...
Changes to statutory maternity and sick pay rates in 2017
  January 06 2017
Statutory maternity and sick pay rates for 2017/18 The government has recently announced the changes to statutory maternity and sick pay rates in 2017. This includes adoption, paternity and shared p...
Changes to childcare in 2017
  October 11 2016
You may already be aware that the government have recently announced a number of proposed changes to childcare in 2017. The main change is the introduction of tax-free childcare, which will replace ...
How to Budget for the Apprenticeship Levy
  September 27 2016
The apprenticeship levy has been talked about for what seems like an eternity. It is now almost upon us and we have to budget for it accordingly. The levy comes into effect in April 2017 and will se...