Posted on 29th October 2018
Autumn School Census 2018
We are sharing the following information that has been released from the DfE. Update No 2 from the DfE Purpose The purpose of this note is to provide school census contacts with an update on th...
Posted on 16th October 2018
School Workforce Census Autumn 2018
With November rapidly approaching and the half term break just around the corner it’s time to start looking forward to the School Workforce Census Autumn 2018. Here you are going to find the how to...
Posted on 10th October 2018
Next Data Managers Forum - 7/11/18 - limited places available
Data Managers Forum - Primary and Secondary School sessions Did you know about our termly Data Managers Forums? These sessions are a great way of networking and being able to speak to other schools t...
Posted on 1st October 2018
Census Consolidated Patch v2
There is now a Census Consolidated Patch v2 for Summer Release 2018 (patch 24330) is necessary to correct the issue in the SIMS application for schools receiving error 1992 when running School Census...
Posted on 21st September 2018
SIMS Autumn Census guidance 2018
The SIMS Autumn Census will be on Thursday 4th October 2018 With October coming around fast it’s time again for that joyous thing that is the October School Census. To help with carrying it out we
Posted on 21st September 2018
Your updated Pupil Premium 2018/19
As many of you are no doubt aware, your Pupil Premium ‘ticks’ will not have carried over from last year and so will need to be re-entered. Thankfully to make our lives a little easier, you can ...
Posted on 14th August 2018
Guest blog: A new dawn for schools?
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...
Posted on 13th August 2018
Urgent and Important – Exams PI Report Problem
Exams PI Report Problem It has been found that the fileset 1001 causes a problem for one of the reports in the Exams PI and it has therefore been withdrawn. The existence of this fileset may be unkno...
Posted on 25th July 2018
News round-up from the SBS Capita-accredited SIMS team
SBS MIS support team achieves Capita SIMS accreditation for the third time! Our accreditation visit, led by Capita's Professional Services team, took place during the SBS Company Developmen...
Posted on 12th July 2018
Your SIMS Summer Upgrade is here! (7.182)
The Change Request Release! The new upgrade is out and available now and comes with a vast array of little changes that have been made based on customer feedback through Capita’s Change Request sys...
Posted on 17th May 2018
Important news: Issue with the Summer 2018 Census in SIMS
Capita have made us aware that there is an issue with the current census that may affect your school. Please read the statement from Capita below and if this applies to you please be aware that Capi...
Posted on 14th May 2018
SBS Online has a new look!
After much discussion, designing, testing and long nights, the SBS Online team is happy to present the new and improved budget management software. Thankyou to our schools for their kind words whils...