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The Trust Capacity Fund is open
  September 12 2019

Finance

The Department for Education has announced that the window is now open for applications for the Trust Capacity Fund (TCaF). What is the TCaF? The TCaF is a £27m fund to support the development and...
Important: Spam emails
  June 24 2019

Company News | Finance | ICT | Budgeting | MIS

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Email security update for schools
  February 07 2019

Company News | Finance | ICT | Budgeting | MIS

It has been brought to our attention that we have had a couple of instances where a rule has been set up within Microsoft Outlook email client to forward all emails to a different email address. We...
Tasks to be done within SIMS in January
  January 11 2019

Finance | MIS

This is a reminder for the tasks that need to be undertaken this month within SIMS. The SIMS Yearbook provides a list of suggested tasks that can be carried out during the course of the academic ye...
NEW Training Schoolz Module
  December 12 2018

Company News | Finance | ICT | Budgeting | MIS

Great for every School - Primary, Secondary, Specials and MATS Do you need a simple, fast and effective way to make sure your staff training is kept up to date? Training Schoolz is an online servi...
Guest blog: A new dawn for schools?
  August 14 2018

Finance

A new dawn for schools? Guest post from Julie Cordiner, School Financial Success Changes in the air Listening to the experiences, views and concerns of headteachers, SBLs, governors and other spea...
Summer Term update from the SBS Finance & Business team
  April 19 2018

Finance

We hope the new term has started well and the sun is shining where you are. Below is a quick round-up of finance & business news for your school. As ever, if you have any questions regarding any of ...
Schools receiving generic terrorism hoax email
  March 19 2018

Finance

Please be advised that schools have received emails today claiming that there is a student onsite with a bomb and are demanding $5,000. We have contacted the anti-terrorism unit and they are treatin...
Happy New Year from the SBS Finance & Business team!
  January 04 2018

Finance

It was lovely to see that 130 people are on the Department of Education 2018 New Year Honours list. Particularly rewarding to see many Governors and several School Business and Office staff being re...
Summer Reading
  August 04 2017

Finance

July is often the month that the ESFA publishes its summer blockbusters, so that business managers in schools and academies have some essential reading for their beach holidays. Our top five reads fo...

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