Blogs & Updates
Spring Census is just around the corner!
December 04 2015
The date for the Spring 2016 Census is Thursday 21st January 2016
We will be publishing the school census documentation at the beginning of the new year, however, should you require an onsite consul...
Assessment Data & Student Progress
November 26 2015
What will you show Ofsted in the future when their inspectors call?
Life after levels, beginning in September 2015, will still require students to be assessed.
Importantly, those assessments will n...
Research, collaborate, streamline
November 24 2015
The focus of the current government is to reduce the UK’s budget deficit – and whilst the government is currently committed to safeguarding existing school budgets, there will undoubtedly be dif...
Have you updated your Additional Staffing allowances?
November 24 2015
Here at SBS HQ we are committed to ensuring customer satisfaction. As part of this we make it our responsibility to perform random spot checks on planners every now and again. If and when we see anyt...
What’s new in the SIMS Autumn Release?
November 18 2015
Here are just some of the changes to look out for in the SIMS Autumn Release
Improvements to SIMS Assessment
The developments in assessment have been made with teachers in mind; improving usabilit...
Welcome to the team
November 11 2015
We would like to introduce two new members of the MIS team who you will be either seeing or speaking to and we are sure that you will make them both welcome
Leyla Tovey
MIS Assistant Manager
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Evidence the quality of teaching and support CPD in your school
November 06 2015
Dear Colleague,
When it comes to Ofsted inspection and achieving an ‘outstanding’ judgement overall, schools have to prove that their quality of teaching merits this.
Senior leaders will need ...
SBS Online Release: Improved Excel Exports
October 29 2015
Our latest release contains three significant enhancements plus a couple of minor bug fixes.
Excel Exports
Both this and the previous release have standardised and improved the process for exporting...
Update: September 2015 Teacher Pay Scales
October 21 2015
Due to popular demand, we have created a third teacher pay scale table for you to choose and apply in your budget settings, named 'Teacher Scales – Sept 2015 (C)'. This table features a standard 1% ...
School Workforce Census 2015
October 07 2015
With the School Workforce Census 2015 date looming on 5th November it’s important to prepare to ensure that you meet the deadline.
Our preparation documentation is now available for you to downl...
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