Posted on 6th April 2016
Manage extra-curricular activities with SIMS Activities
Capita have produced a new add on module called SIMS Activities which is now available to order. Watch the video and find out how this can help your school to efficiently manage extra-curricular ...
Posted on 22nd March 2016
Budget, and so much more
They say a week is a long time in politics. A week ago we had proposals for a national funding formula that meant all schools would be funded direct by the EFA from 2019-2020. In this week’s budget...
Posted on 16th March 2016
SIMS Training Courses - new dates available
Understanding how to make the most of your SIMS data is key to supporting whole school improvement At School Business Services, we know the difference it can make to staff when they feel confident ...
Posted on 15th March 2016
Biggest change to funding
You will have seen our earlier blog (click here) announcing that the Department for Education is consulting about a ‘national funding formula’. This proposal is the most significant to effect sc...
Posted on 8th March 2016
Consultation - National Funding Formula
In the Autumn Statement the chancellor advised that there would be a consultation programme looking at a National Funding Formula for schools and academies. The Department for Education announced on...
Posted on 23rd February 2016
SIMS accreditation
MIS support team achieves Capita SIMS accreditation for the second time Following a thorough assessment of our high quality service, and participation from our valued schools, the SIMS support team a...
Posted on 22nd February 2016
SIMS User Permissions Audit
As part of our continuing improvement for our SIMS Service and adding value for our customers, we are providing an audit service for SIMS users and permissions. Over the next couple of weeks we w...
Posted on 22nd February 2016
February Blues
It's a strange February this year - half term came much earlier. There's lots to do but so few days in the month. As we prepare to leap into the last month of the fiscal year we look at where you mi...
Posted on 29th January 2016
Childcare Question and Validation Rule 2950
Please note that the DfE has recently added validation rule 2950 to its COLLECT validation. This validation checks that the childcare questions are answered for all four types of childcare. This vali...
Posted on 27th January 2016
DfE FSM Ever 6 at Spring Census 2016
Capita/SIMS have produced a new SIMS report file for the DfE Free School Meals Ever 6 looking at the data within the Spring Census 2016. This report can be downloaded and then needs to be saved somew...
Posted on 27th January 2016
Daily Echo School Awards 2016
School Business Services (SBS) is thrilled to announce that we are co-sponsoring the Daily Echo School Awards 2016, created to celebrate excellence in Dorset schools. Parents, pupils and family ...
Posted on 18th January 2016
Census - new fileset 226
Downloading and Applying a Fileset Please note that a new Fileset 226 has been released by Capita ready for your School Census. This new fileset solves a variety of validation errors and contains the ...