Blogs & Updates

Your updated Pupil Premium 2018/19
  September 21 2018

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As many of you are no doubt aware, your Pupil Premium ‘ticks’ will not have carried over from last year and so will need to be re-entered. Thankfully to make our lives a little easier, you can ...
SIMS Exams and Results Day – 2018 edition
  July 30 2018

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The summer holidays are finally upon us with Mediterranean sunshine to help us forget about the school year, but for those of you involved in SIMS Exams and Results Day there’s still a little more ...
News round-up from the SBS Capita-accredited SIMS team
  July 25 2018

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SBS MIS support team achieves Capita SIMS accreditation for the third time! Our accreditation visit, led by Capita's Professional Services team, took place during the SBS Company Developmen...
New SIMS patch available: Issue with Contacts and CTFs with Pre-Admissions
  July 18 2018

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This is an update from our previous blog in June Previous information: what is the issue? Capita have discovered an issue with importing CTFs for pre-admissions that may cause some problems with yo...
Next generation of Exams in SIMS
  July 05 2018

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Capita have released a sneak preview of the direction they’re heading for the next generation of Exams in SIMS. A very early preview of what to expect and how you can feedback with your thoughts. ...
SIMS FAULT : Issue with Contacts and CTFs with Pre-Admissions
  June 18 2018

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Contact Matching when importing CTFs for new Admissions is broken! Capita have discovered an issue with importing CTFs for pre-admissions that may cause some problems with your contacts. Simply put...
Important news: Issue with the Summer 2018 Census in SIMS
  May 17 2018

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Capita have made us aware that there is an issue with the current census that may affect your school. Please read the statement from Capita below and if this applies to you please be aware that Capi...
Counting down to General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)
  May 03 2018

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GDPR comes into force on 25th May and we can help you audit who has access to your SIMS data. We can investigate your SIMS database remotely to audit user permissions and module use. We will look at ...
SIMS Webinars from SBS
  April 20 2018

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Learn SIMS from the convenience of your school or home. If you’ve wanted to attend one of our SIMS courses before but haven’t been able to get to our training venues then our bitesize SIMS Webi...
Become an Assessment Manager Expert
  April 18 2018

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Exclusive Discount on David Pott’s Remote Assessment Training David Pott, whose blog you might have seen on this very page (Click here to view David's GuestBlog) has produced a series of webinars ...