Blogs & Updates

Important: Spam emails
  June 24 2019
.enforcedisplay { display: block!important; } We are seeing an increasing number of spam emails slip through the spam filtering net into users' inboxes. Typically these spam emails come from use...
SIMS End of Year Procedures 2019
  June 19 2019

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This blog covers the SIMS End of Year Procedures for the end of 2018/19 – it's the final stretch! I know all of you have started dreaming about the summer holidays, although hopefully by that tim...
June SIMS Training Courses from SBS
  June 03 2019

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Take a refresher this Summer! Take a look at the June SIMS Training Courses from SBS and see what we have to offer! Our SIMS training courses are ideal for maximising the use of your system, traini...
Prior Attainment Banding (Advice from ASCL)
  May 23 2019

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In the absence of official guidance from the DfE around the Prior Attainment Banding information for cohorts with scaled scores, ASCL have provided a suggested course of action. Download PDF → P...
New Census Fileset 1203 for Summer Census 2019
  May 14 2019

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Capita have now made available the final version of the Census fileset for the summer Census 2019. We are not expecting there to be another one released before the census. As usual, please ensure th...
May SIMS Training Courses from SBS
  April 30 2019

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Fancy brushing up on your skills this term? Take a look at the May SIMS Training Courses from SBS! Our SIMS training courses are ideal for maximising the use of your system, training your team or t...
NJC Support Scales Migration April '19
  April 09 2019
SBS Online are offering two migration scripts for users to implement the new NJC Support Scales structure. The details of these migrations and how they would affect your budget have been emailed to...
Update: CTF Issue with SIMS Spring Release (7.186)
  April 05 2019

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Further information from Capita on the CTF Issue What’s the Issue? What’s the Fix? Capita have now given us further information on the issue with the SIMS Spring Release (7.186). Please see bel...
CTF issue with SIMS Spring Release (7.186)
  April 04 2019

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Current precautionary advice: Do not to use the CTF mechanism to share pupil and contact details with other schools until further notice Capita have informed us that there could be a CTF issue in th...
Online Free School Meals
  March 25 2019

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Easy free school meal administration. In this age of Universal Infant Free School Meals, and importance of the Pupil Premium funding, it’s important that all eligible pupils are signed up. With ...