Blogs & Updates
March has seen a great deal of development take place in preparation for the next series of updates to SBS Online.
April 01 2015
We have been hard at work improving a range of aspects related to staff contracts and navigation within the software. April will see the first of these updates arrive. The new update will deliver an i...
Happy birthday SBS blog!
March 24 2015
This is the 30th blog we have published – the first being on 21 March 2014. So happy birthday blog. We hope that you have found the contents over the year useful – and of course we welcome any f...
Top Tips On Fund Raising
March 18 2015
Bid writing is a huge part of any business role. Glyn Marsh, Senior Financial Consultant with School Business Services, recently gives his top ten tips for School Business Managers.
Any Bid Is Like A...
Are you ready for May 8th 2015?
February 12 2015
May the 8th is the day after the next election, when we will know in general terms how education will be funded for the next 5 years. Have you updated your SWOT & PEST to take account of a range o...
Academy Trusts Spend £26m On Audit Fees
February 02 2015
In recent blogs we have reminded you about deadlines for the submission of Audited Accounts, Value for Money Statements and the Annual Accounts Return. On the 20 January the EFA’s own accounts to 31...
Vision for Technology in Education - SBS & Microsoft free ICT Conference!
January 30 2015
Vision for Technology in Education Conference – Monday 9th February 2015
Microsoft are running a joint ICT conference with School Business Services specifically designed to help school leadership t...
Welcome to 2015
January 06 2015
Out with the old and in with the new - welcome to 2015. For many academies the period around the year-end is the busiest period for School Business Managers, so we hope Christmas was all you wished fo...
Version table effective dates!
January 06 2015
Our focus toward the end of 2014 was to cater for the new set of support salary scales that came into effect as of 1st January 2015.
These new scales are unusual compared to previous, in that differe...
Office Mix for your classroom!
December 03 2014
Office Mix for your classroom - bring your PowerPoint and class alive!
Microsoft are offering an extended preview to Office & PowerPoint users to supercharge your presentations, especially good in...
Do you want to save your school some money?...
November 04 2014
When I get asked to visit schools to discuss ICT being used within the school one of the first area's I like to discuss are Virtual Learning Environments, as most of the schools I visit use their VLE...
Budgeting