Blogs & Updates

SIMS End of Year Procedures for 2019/20
  May 05 2020

MIS

It's business as usual for these processes! With what must be a very different school year than any of us imagined, it's hard to remember all those jobs you would normally be doing. SBS are relea...
Remote SIMS course on Preparing for a New School Year - Secondary
  May 01 2020

MIS

Our remote course on Preparing for a New School Year in SIMS ensures we can continue to provide training to schools during this period of social isolation. To help with this, we have been breaking ...
Summer Census is cancelled!
  April 21 2020

MIS

The DfE have now announced that the summer census is cancelled. It is vital at this time, that all educational settings are able to focus on the impact of COVID-19 by providing for the children in t...
SIMS Remote Training - Maintaining the Timetable
  April 20 2020

MIS

The SBS MIS team have been discussing how we can continue to provide remote training to schools during this period of social isolation. To help with this, we have been breaking down our longstandin...
We're holding remote timetabling training courses this month!
  April 15 2020

MIS

The SBS MIS team have been discussing how we can continue to provide remote training to schools during this period of social isolation. To help with this, I have been breaking down our longstanding...
50% off all SIMS Webinars!
  April 07 2020

MIS

During this difficult time we are offering all our SIMS Webinars at a Whopping 50% off the usual price! Use this time to brush up on your SIMS Skills or learn something new Below are a list of th...
Nova T6 Surgery - Stuck with this year’s timetable?
  April 06 2020

MIS

Let SBS help you with your timetabling problems. We have experienced Nova T6 timetablers to partner with you and guide you through issues encountered along the way. From time to time a new or experie...
National Insurance rates 2020-2021
  April 01 2020

MIS

There is a new set of National Insurance rates tables which will need to be entered into your SIMS system for 2020-2021. Download the new NI tables here → If you don’t feel like adding these in...
Beware of coronavirus email scams
  April 01 2020
Families who receive Free School Meals have been targeted by a coronavirus email scam asking them to pass over their bank details. The government has issued a warning urging people not to fall for it...
SIMS ID Lite and additional resources for SIMS users
  March 31 2020

MIS

Did you know SIMS ID Lite is available to SIMS customers at no extra charge? In addition to providing single sign-in for applications such as SIMS Parent and Options it also provides links to the v...