Blogs & Updates
How to Budget for the Apprenticeship Levy
September 27 2016
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...
Teacher pay scales 2016/17
August 10 2016
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...
Tempus Fugit
July 01 2016
Time Flies! Its July already and time to dust off the trophies for sports day, get out the tombolas for the summer fete and say good bye to staff leaving at the end of term.
There will be transition...
Here comes summer!
June 06 2016
At the start of the final half term of this school year we look at the EFA’s calendar and at some of the announcements in the last few weeks.
EFA Calendar For The Final Half Term
We start this blog...
Support staff pay scales 2016 - latest news
May 05 2016
Just a quick update with regards to the support staff pay scales for 2016. You may well be aware of this, but for those of you who are not, we hope that this proves useful.
In March, two of the recogn...
February Blues
February 22 2016
It's a strange February this year - half term came much earlier.
There's lots to do but so few days in the month. As we prepare to leap into the last month of the fiscal year we look at where you mi...
Piloting Our Way Through January
January 27 2016
The warmest winter on record so far in some parts of the country. And in schools and academies everywhere the pace is hotting up – accounting returns to be made and budgets for 2016/17 to be prepar...
SBS Online releases new Support Salary Scales for 2016 & 2017
January 21 2016
A number of our customers have been requesting we look into the pending April Support salary scales.
Although yet to be finalised we understand you need to get to grips with your budget as soon as p...
Conferences, Shows & Reviews - What was said.
December 07 2015
Over the last few weeks there has been the NASBM Annual Conference, the Academies Show and the Spending Review.
Here is our quick catch up on some of the talking points from these.
Real term cuts fo...
One Stop For Latest Finance News
July 06 2015
A new place for the latest news. Regular readers of the SBS Finance Blog will have noticed that the blog is now available within the main School Business Services website. We will continue to provide ...
Financial Planning