Blogs & Updates
Academies Financial Handbook 2020 Released
July 09 2020
The ESFA have released their latest version of the Academies Financial Handbook which comes into effect from 1st September 2020.
As a condition of their funding agreement, Academy trusts must comp...
Covid Summer Food Fund
July 08 2020
Families will face increased pressure on household budgets over the coming months. That is why the DfE are launching a Covid Summer Food Fund which will enable children who are eligible for benefits-...
Remote training - Preparing SIMS for Summer 2020 Results Day
July 06 2020
SBS has created a remotely delivered training course to help schools prepare SIMS for results day and report efficiently and effectively.
This course, delivered remotely on Tuesday 14th July 2020, ...
MIS Remote End Of Year Services
July 03 2020
Let the MIS team help you work smarter not harder!
If somebody had said to me this time last year, next year you’ll be working at home indefinitely, schools will only be partially open, GCSEs and ...
SBS School Finance Forum - Next Date!
July 01 2020
We have a NEW DATE this month for our next School Finance Forum. Our forum is free to attend and will provide information for Headteachers, School Business Managers and Finance Staff of Primary, Spe...
An update on the Internal Audit
June 23 2020
Did you know that Internal Audits can be done remotely?
As an Academy or Trust, you are considered an independent institution and are therefore responsible for the results you accomplish and how pu...
Announcing Arbor’s new Understanding Your MAT Report
June 16 2020
This guest blog is an update from our partners Arbor Education, which is supported by our accredited MIS team. We are hosting a joint webinar on 8th July - free to attend!
Announcing Arbor’s new U...
A helping hand for the daily SAGE form
June 15 2020
Temporary attendance codes have been made available to help schools report back to the DfE.
Capita have produced Patch 25870 that will temporarily make codes 7,8,9 and Y available within Edit Marks ...
Updated Academies Chart of Accounts
June 12 2020
An updated chart of accounts has been released for Academies by the Department for Education for use in the academic year 2020/21. This includes a small amount of changes to the previous set release...
NEW DATES - Remote Timetabling Training Courses
June 11 2020
Due to the success of our recent Remote Timetabling Training courses, we have decided to run them again.
We have been breaking down our longstanding SIMS Nova Timetabling Training Courses into 45 m...
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