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Covid-19 Testing in Schools & Colleges from January.
MIS

Posted on 17th December 2020

Covid-19 Testing in Schools & Colleges from January.

Coronavirus (COVID-19) asymptomatic testing in schools and colleges. Beginning in January testing will be made available to all members of staff, all pupils and students in schools and colleges. Tes...

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The Trust Capacity Fund
Finance

Posted on 6th April 2020

The Trust Capacity Fund

The Trust Capacity Fund (TCaF): A funding opportunity from the DfE to grow your school or Trust The next round of Trust Capacity Fund has been announced and will open to applicants on April 6th. ...

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Workplace issues this Christmas

Posted on 14th December 2016

Workplace issues this Christmas

Workplace issues this Christmas With Christmas just round the corner employers need to prepare for some familiar workplace issues, whether its unauthorised absence over the Christmas period or bad ...

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Stress management

Posted on 17th October 2016

Stress management

A snippet from the HR Resource Centre toolkit on stress management Employers have a legal duty of care to identify potential causes of stress and manage the impact of stress on employees. How to ...

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Quick and easy document scanning directly into SIMS
MIS

Posted on 12th July 2016

Quick and easy document scanning directly into SIMS

Introducing Brother’s Direct Scan Solution Please note this product is currently unavailable from our Procurement service and this blog is now for reference only. To see our full product range vis...

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The SIMS Web Address file has been updated
MIS

Posted on 25th May 2016

The SIMS Web Address file has been updated

The SIMS Web Address Validation (WAV) Service allows schools to validate addresses in SIMS by accessing a Capita maintained database over the Internet. The database, which contains the details of ap...

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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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Skype for Business for schools communications!
ICT

Posted on 14th May 2015

Skype for Business for schools communications!

Skype for Business for schools and organisations alike Microsoft announced towards the back end of 2014 that in the first half of 2015, the next version of Lync will become Skype for Business with...

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Interactive touch screens vs Interactive white boards
ICT

Posted on 14th April 2015

Interactive touch screens vs Interactive white boards

Here at SBS we want to ensure our customers get the best quality devices at best value but also what fits the need of the school. One area I like to discuss with SLT, ICT Coordinators and Governing...

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