
Posted on 4th November 2020
ULN Requests
Please note we are holding a Schools Data Forum on Tuesday 24th November - find out more > The ULN Service has been de-commissioned You can no longer submit ULN requests via Secure Access S2S. Pr...

Posted on 4th November 2020
F&B - Essential Skills for the SBM/School Bursar Q&A Session for Maintained Schools
We at SBS have created an Essential Skills for SBM/School Bursars, Q&A Session. Our session is free to attend and will provide information for School Business Managers and School Bursars of Primary,...

Posted on 21st October 2020
SIMS School Workforce Census 2020
This blog has been updated with the latest fileset. October and we're using the "C" word again. No it's not Christmas! (not yet)....it's another census, but this time it's the School Workforce Cen...

Posted on 20th October 2020
Budget Monitoring
A detailed budget plan, with several alternative scenarios based on inevitable twists and turns through the year, is essential to any school. However, all the best laid plans become ineffective if ...

Posted on 16th October 2020
Promote wellbeing and learning with our partners Thrive
Reducing the impact of lockdown on your students. The Thrive Approach® offers practical tools and training to promote wellbeing and help prevent mental health issues for all children and young peo...

Posted on 15th October 2020
New Remote Service - Parent App Housekeeping
We are now offering a NEW Remote Service - Parent App Housekeeping. Here at School Business Services we know only too well that the burden on school staff is increasing and deadlines continue to com...

Posted on 27th August 2020
2019/20 Financial Statements Deadline Extension
Due to the challenges that Covid-19 has presented, the ESFA have been constantly monitoring their demands of academy trusts, especially when it comes to the submission of their financial statements. ...

Posted on 20th August 2020
Covid-19 Catch-up Premium
School children across the country have experienced unparalleled disruption to their education as a result of COVID-19. The combined impact of lost time in education will be extensive, and it is imp...

Posted on 3rd July 2020
MIS Remote End Of Year Services
Let the MIS team help you work smarter not harder! If somebody had said to me this time last year, next year you’ll be working at home indefinitely, schools will only be partially open, GCSEs and ...

Posted on 23rd June 2020
An update on the Internal Audit
Did you know that Internal Audits can be done remotely? As an Academy or Trust, you are considered an independent institution and are therefore responsible for the results you accomplish and how pu...

Posted on 16th June 2020
Announcing Arbor’s new Understanding Your MAT Report
This guest blog is an update from our partners Arbor Education, which is supported by our accredited MIS team. We are hosting a joint webinar on 8th July - free to attend! Announcing Arbor’s new U...

Posted on 15th June 2020
A helping hand for the daily SAGE form
Temporary attendance codes have been made available to help schools report back to the DfE. Capita have produced Patch 25870 that will temporarily make codes 7,8,9 and Y available within Edit Marks ...