Blogs & Updates
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Arbor Pay-for-One Promise
June 28 2022
Last month Arbor introduced their Pay-for-One Promise, to make it easier (and more cost effective) for schools to switch to Arbor even if they are in an existing SIMS contract.
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Early Years Initial Teacher Training (EYITT) - apply by 31st May
May 19 2022
If you would like your team to begin training to become Early Years Teachers this September, then please, apply by 31st of May!
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The benefits of employing school Fundraising Support Staff
February 23 2022
It is becoming more common for schools to appoint a fundraiser either full time at the larger secondary level or part time for smaller and primary schools.
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Incident reporting in schools: how effective are existing processes?
February 15 2022
This reflective blog is by teamSOS, our incident response solution partners. How effective are runners, emails and radios?
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The DfE release more funding for Designated Senior Mental Health Leads
February 11 2022
To mark Children's Mental Health Week, the DfE has announced an additional £3 million of funding for Designated Senior Mental Health Lead training.
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2 weeks to go! Champion School Governance on #SchoolGovDay
February 08 2022
SBS is proud to support National School Governors’ Awareness Day, which is taking place on 22nd February 2022.
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National Professional Qualifications (NPQs) Deadline Extension: Apply by 16 January
January 07 2022
Outstanding Leaders Partnership, supported by Best Practice Network, have extended their Spring 2022 NPQ application deadline to the 16th January.
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TeamSOS Heron Way Primary School case study
December 13 2021
An inspiring example of how a Primary School replaced radios with teamSOS for their incident response solution
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SBS to support new MIS software, IRIS Ed:gen from IRIS Education
December 02 2021
Discover IRIS Ed:gen, a cloud-based, future-fit alternative MIS system
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New system to ease the HR administration and planning burden for schools and academy trusts
September 16 2021
Strictly Education has launched a new single HR, payroll and pensions system designed specifically for the education sector.
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