Posted on March 7, 2019 by Fran Cutter in SBS Online.

This blog demonstrates how SBS Online users can apply the April 2019 Support Staff Pay Scales migration to their Custom Scales.
With the complete restructure of Support Scales that’s taking place as of 1st April 2019, we have been thinking about the best way for SBS Online users to implement this change in their budget management software Custom Support Scales.
We believe the best way to implement these changes to your budget in SBS Online will be to import new April 2019 Support Staff Pay Scales and convert all your Support Scale contracts to this new structure as of the 1st April 2019.
This enables schools to have the correct structure moving forward, with your contracts on the scales which will be in line with your payroll and your MIS system.
We have released a step-by-step guide on how to complete this process – click here to download.
If you have any questions, please contact the Service Desk on 0345 222 1551 – Option 8, or email us as sbsonline@schoolbusinessservices.co.uk.
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Posted on February 21, 2019 by Fran Cutter in SBS Online.
Creating your Budget for the Next School Financial Year
As the financial year approaches one thing on everyone’s mind is creating their School Budget for next year.
We have been thinking about ways we can make creating your 2019/20 Budget easier for you.
Check out our new blog to see how we can help.
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Posted on December 13, 2018 by Fran Cutter in SBS Online.
Sage, Profile Monitor and other Updates
The SBS Online team have been working with Sage to produce a report template you can upload into your Excel Reports within Sage.
Please view our recent blog for further details on this and to hear about other updates from the SBS Online team.
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Posted on November 30, 2017 by Liziy Allen in HR & Payroll.
Changes to statutory maternity and sick pay rates in 2018
The government has recently announced the changes to statutory maternity and sick pay rates in 2018.
This includes maternity, adoption, paternity and shared parental pay.
Read our blog for more details.
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Posted on March 15, 2017 by Stephen Dolman in Finance.
Effect of the new Budget on schools A week after the Budget we look at reactions to the announcements affecting the education sector. Budget Shorts A number of education reforms were announced in the chancellor’s Budget speech, which are designed to help address the UK’s current skills shortage. Others have written about the various areas […]
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Posted on January 6, 2017 by Liziy Allen in HR & Payroll.
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 parental pay. The weekly rate for maternity, paternity, adoption and shared parental pay will increase from £139.58 to £140.98 with effect from 2 April 2017. […]
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Posted on November 3, 2016 by Simon Randall in SBS Online.
The latest update to SBS Online contains some improvements to parent planners of Multi-school trusts, new rounding options and a new set of tooltips on parent planners. Trust Schools In the ‘Multi-school’ module, under ‘Trust schools’, users will be able to see the name of the published budget for each school. Parent planners will now […]
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Posted on September 27, 2016 by Richard Page in SBS Online.
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 see a 0.5% charge on your annual pay bill. You will only pay the levy if your pay […]
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Posted on September 8, 2016 by Leyla Tovey in SIMS.
In order to assist you in understanding the pupil level, pupil premium information provided in CSV format by the DfE, we have provided you with a spreadsheet for download, along with a presentation for further guidance. There will be two CSV files made available for download on Key to Success: The first CSV file was made […]
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Posted on September 7, 2016 by Jeff Eden in SBS Online.
The latest update to SBS Online contains some improvements to service term management, cost centre usage and new functionality for Multi-Academy Trusts. Multiple Budget Codes to Service Terms It is now required that users map service terms to three budget codes simultaneously: Basic pay budget code National Insurance budget code Superannuation budget code For schools […]
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