Blogs & Updates

ESFA - Academies land and buildings collection tool
  December 17 2020
Not long to go now! It’s only a matter of days before we can turn our attentions to our loved ones for the Christmas period. It will certainly be one that we will remember for many reasons that is...
Covid-19 Testing in Schools & Colleges from January.
  December 17 2020

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Coronavirus (COVID-19) asymptomatic testing in schools and colleges. Beginning in January testing will be made available to all members of staff, all pupils and students in schools and colleges. Tes...
SIMS Pay - New Wraparound Care functionality
  December 14 2020

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All SIMS Pay customers can now access new Wraparound Care functionality at no additional cost to help manage childcare provisions such as breakfast and after school clubs. Benefits to schools Low...
New funding for schools during Covid pandemic
  December 03 2020
I am sure you’re all counting down the days until you can sign off for a couple of weeks for the Christmas break. Obviously, it’s going to be a very different Christmas this year but one that I...
Dual Leader Awards
  December 01 2020
With DfE scholarship funding for NPQs currently suspended, schools are looking for alternate ways to fund the continuous professional development of their staff. Funded by the apprenticeship levy, t...
SIMS Standard Reporting Webinar
  December 01 2020
SBS has created a 90 minute webinar to help provide you with the skills to create, run and edit reports in SIMS We have created a page on our website providing more details, and the training will b...
The Latest from the ESFA
  November 18 2020
As schools continue to deal with the ongoing difficulty, that is Covid-19, it is important that any update when it comes to school finances, is made aware of and publicised. As can be expected duri...
Arbor's Brand New 'My Homepage'!
  November 16 2020

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Reminder of our next Schools Data Forum next Tues 24th Nov, featuring Arbor and more! Agenda and bookings > From today until tomorrow (16/11/20 - 17/11/20), Arbor are rolling out My Homepage - a br...
SBS Schools Data Forum - Free to attend online
  November 05 2020

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We have a NEW DATE this month for our next Schools Data Forum. Our forum is free to attend and will provide information for Primary and Special Schools. Our next date for primary schools is on Tues...
ULN Requests
  November 04 2020

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Please note we are holding a Schools Data Forum on Tuesday 24th November - find out more > The ULN Service has been de-commissioned You can no longer submit ULN requests via Secure Access S2S. Pr...