Blogs & Updates

Budget Monitoring
  October 20 2020
A detailed budget plan, with several alternative scenarios based on inevitable twists and turns through the year, is essential to any school. However, all the best laid plans become ineffective if ...
Promote wellbeing and learning with our partners Thrive
  October 16 2020
Reducing the impact of lockdown on your students. The Thrive Approach® offers practical tools and training to promote wellbeing and help prevent mental health issues for all children and young peo...
New Remote Service - Parent App Housekeeping
  October 15 2020

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We are now offering a NEW Remote Service - Parent App Housekeeping. Here at School Business Services we know only too well that the burden on school staff is increasing and deadlines continue to com...
SIMS Cover Webinar
  October 14 2020

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SBS has created a 1 hour bitesize webinar to help you arrange cover and use Cover statistic reports We have created a page on our website providing more details, and the training will be delivered ...
School touchscreen cleaning guide
  October 07 2020

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We saw this expert school touchscreen cleaning guide by our partners at Sahara and thought our subscribers would find this useful at this time. For schools and businesses that are conducting an over...
Delayed Year 1 Phonics Check
  October 05 2020

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Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the DfE have delayed the assessment and return of the Year 1 Phonics Check. In summary the Year 1 Phonics Check will now take place between 1st November and 31st December...
G-Cloud 12
  October 01 2020
School Business Services is excited to be a confirmed supplier on G-Cloud 12, the latest iteration of the Governments Digital Marketplace which went live on September 28th, 2020.
How schools can use Covid-19 catch-up funding to support pupils’ social and emotional needs
  October 01 2020
In July, the Government announced that children in England would benefit from a £1 billion Covid “catch-up” package to tackle the impact of lost teaching time during the pandemic. While ...
2020 Support and Teachers' Pay Scales
  September 30 2020
This blog refers to SBS Budgets, our budget management software accessed anywhere via SBS Online. The government have confirmed the Support and Teachers' Pay Awards for 2020. Support The Support...
Autumn Census in ScholarPack 2020
  September 23 2020

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01/10/20 is the Autumn Census day this year (unless stated otherwise by your LA), so let’s make a start, and get ahead of the game! The Autumn Census in ScholarPack will be slightly different thi...