Blogs & Updates
Quick and easy document scanning directly into SIMS
July 12 2016
Introducing Brother’s Direct Scan Solution
Please note this product is currently unavailable from our Procurement service and this blog is now for reference only. To see our full product range vis...
How to add a School Closure in SIMS
June 30 2016
If your school is fully or partially closed due to the proposed teacher strike on Tuesday 5th July 2016, the Y code should be used.
Code Y: Unable to Attend due to Exceptional Circumstances
If a...
Helping us to help you
June 28 2016
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...
New data items required for the Autumn Census
June 17 2016
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...
Turnbull Report - A left field view on risk management for schools
June 15 2016
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...
Top tips for effective exams analysis
June 07 2016
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...
Here comes summer!
June 06 2016
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...
Not ready for the School Census next week? We can help.
May 12 2016
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...
SIMS Remote Services - maximising efficiency
May 05 2016
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...
School Census - Fileset 302
May 03 2016
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...
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