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What the Spending Review 2025 Means for School Budgets

At School Business Services, we’ve reviewed the government's full Spending Review 2025 and pulled together the key takeaways and what they mean for your budget planning over the next few years.

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ULN Requests
MIS

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...

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F&B - Essential Skills for the SBM/School Bursar Q&A Session for Maintained Schools
Finance

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,...

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SIMS School Workforce Census 2020
MIS

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...

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Budget Monitoring
Company News

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 ...

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Promote wellbeing and learning with our partners Thrive
Company News

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...

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New Remote Service - Parent App Housekeeping
MIS

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...

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2019/20 Financial Statements Deadline Extension
Finance

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. ...

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Covid-19 Catch-up Premium
Finance

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...

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MIS Remote End Of Year Services
MIS

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 ...

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An update on the Internal Audit
Finance

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...

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Announcing Arbor’s new Understanding Your MAT Report
MIS

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...

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A helping hand for the daily SAGE form
MIS

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 ...

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