Posted on 28th June 2016
Helping us to help you
As you might imagine, we have a very busy Service Desk here at SBS, and this is particularly true at peak times of year such as now. When you call us, it is essential that we take down some key item...
Posted on 17th June 2016
New data items required for the Autumn Census
The DfE have introduced 3 new data items to be collected in the Autumn 2016 Census, they are: 1. Pupil Nationality To be recorded for: all pupils on roll and pupils that have left since the start of...
Posted on 15th June 2016
Turnbull Report - A left field view on risk management for schools
Euro 2016 has started. Up and down the land adults and school children will be making assessments of the chances of their country in winning (at least one match), and thinking about mitigating the ri...
Posted on 7th June 2016
Top tips for effective exams analysis
With the busy exam season now upon us analysing your final exam results begins to rank highly on the list of priorities. This year the emphasis on exam outcomes is somewhat greater with new performan...
Posted on 6th June 2016
Here comes summer!
At the start of the final half term of this school year we look at the EFA’s calendar and at some of the announcements in the last few weeks. EFA Calendar For The Final Half Term We start this blog...
Posted on 12th May 2016
Not ready for the School Census next week? We can help.
With just a week left until the Summer Census, we are busy arranging remote Census sessions: a great way of making the most of your SLA visit time. It isn't too late for you to book - you can cal...
Posted on 5th May 2016
SIMS Remote Services - maximising efficiency
Summer Census, Autumn Census, School Workforce Census, Spring Census…long gone are the days when school office staff could find some ‘quiet time’ to catch up on things. Here at School Business...
Posted on 3rd May 2016
School Census - Fileset 302
A new Fileset (302) has been made available by Capita for the Summer Census. It contains updates to both the summary report and validation files. Downloading and Applying a Fileset Please check tha...
Posted on 29th April 2016
School budget setting process
How was it for you? School budget setting process 2016-17 We are keen to hear about how you found your school budget setting process this year. With many schools submitting their budget in early May...
Posted on 28th April 2016
End of Key Stage – Scaled Scores
The month of May heralds end of key stage test time. As you will be aware, pupils studying the new national curriculum will not be assessed using levels; instead, levels will be replaced by scaled s...
Posted on 26th April 2016
Changes to CFR & March Accounts Return
April is a busy period in all schools. For those in the maintained sector it is the start of a new financial year - with the EFA announcing changes to CFR. All academies are required to provide ...
Posted on 20th April 2016
Summer Census time
The Summer census is on Thursday 19th May. Our step by step documentation to help you prepare for summer census time and run the census is now available for download via the links below. You wi...