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Posted on 22nd June 2021
Now open for submissions! Budget Forecast Return Outturn (BFRO) and BFR3Year return
Academy trusts are required to submit their Budget Forecast Return Outturn (BFRO) to the Education and Skills Funding Agency (ESFA).
Posted on 7th March 2019
April 2019 Support Staff Pay Scales update
This blog demonstrates how SBS Online users can apply the April 2019 Support Staff Pay Scales migration to their Custom Scales. With the complete restructure of Support Scales that’s taking place...
Posted on 21st February 2019
Creating your Budget for the Next School Financial Year
As the financial year approaches one thing on everyone’s mind is creating their School Budget for next year. We have been thinking about ways we can make creating your 2019/20 Budget easier for yo...
Posted on 13th December 2018
Sage, Profile Monitor and other Updates
We have worked with Sage to produce a report template you can upload into your Excel Reports within Sage. This report will allow you to easily generate a Budget Monitor to import into SBS Online at j...
Posted on 30th November 2017
Changes to statutory maternity and sick pay rates in 2018
Statutory maternity and sick pay rates for 2018/19 The government has recently announced the changes to statutory maternity and sick pay rates in 2018. This includes maternity, adoption, paternity a...
Posted on 15th March 2017
Effect of the new Budget on schools
Effect of the new Budget on schools A week after the Budget we look at reactions to the announcements affecting the education sector. Budget Shorts A number of education reforms were announced in the...
Posted on 6th January 2017
Changes to statutory maternity and sick pay rates in 2017
Statutory maternity and sick pay rates for 2017/18 The government has recently announced the changes to statutory maternity and sick pay rates in 2017. This includes adoption, paternity and shared p...
Posted on 3rd November 2016
SBS Online – November Update
The latest update to SBS Online contains some improvements to parent planners of Multi-school trusts, new rounding options and a new set of tooltips on parent planners. Trust Schools In the 'Multi-sc...
Posted on 27th September 2016
How to Budget for the Apprenticeship Levy
The apprenticeship levy has been talked about for what seems like an eternity. It is now almost upon us and we have to budget for it accordingly. The levy comes into effect in April 2017 and will se...
Posted on 8th September 2016
Calculations for Pupil Premium 2016-2017
In order to assist you in understanding the pupil level, pupil premium information provided in CSV format by the DfE, we have provided you with a spreadsheet for download, along with a presentation ...
Posted on 7th September 2016
SBS Online - September Update
The latest update to SBS Online contains some improvements to service term management, cost centre usage and new functionality for Multi-Academy Trusts. Multiple Budget Codes to Service Terms It is...
Posted on 10th August 2016
Teacher pay scales 2016/17
We have implemented the new teaching staff pay scales for 2016/17. The general rule is a 1% increase in value of each 2015/16 salary scale. Last year we introduced three scale tables - A, B and C. Th...