Posted on 14th May 2019
New Census Fileset 1203 for Summer Census 2019
Capita have now made available the final version of the Census fileset for the summer Census 2019. We are not expecting there to be another one released before the census. As usual, please ensure th...
Posted on 3rd May 2019
Update to school Funding Predictor in SBS Online
We have released a new and improved version of the school Funding Predictor. The new school Funding Predictor allows you to add Free Type lines to cater for more areas of funding. Any Free Type line...
Posted on 30th April 2019
May SIMS Training Courses from SBS
Fancy brushing up on your skills this term? Take a look at the May SIMS Training Courses from SBS! Our SIMS training courses are ideal for maximising the use of your system, training your team or t...
Posted on 26th April 2019
SIMS Summer Census 2019 guidance
The SIMS Summer Census will be on Thursday 16th May this year. Congratulations, you’ve survived 2 of them, and only one more to go for this academic year. The final census of the year is tradition...
Posted on 16th April 2019
SIMS Maintaining the Timetable Training Course
SIMS Maintaining the Timetable Training Course coming this month! Our upcoming SIMS Maintaining the Timetable Training Course is a rewarding course for all staff responsible for the day-to-day main...
Posted on 15th April 2019
CFR Framework Changes
There has been two changes to the CFR Framework for the financial year 2019/20. The Consistent Financial Reporting (CFR) framework provides a standard template for all maintained schools to collec...
Posted on 11th April 2019
DfE to fund Teacher Pension increase
The government has announced that the Teacher Pension employer contributions increase will be funded. One item that has been concerning schools is whether the approaching employers teacher pension i...
Posted on 9th April 2019
NJC Support Scales Migration April '19
SBS Online are offering two migration scripts for users to implement the new NJC Support Scales structure. The details of these migrations and how they would affect your budget have been emailed to...
Posted on 5th April 2019
Update: CTF Issue with SIMS Spring Release (7.186)
Further information from Capita on the CTF Issue What’s the Issue? What’s the Fix? Capita have now given us further information on the issue with the SIMS Spring Release (7.186). Please see bel...
Posted on 4th April 2019
CTF issue with SIMS Spring Release (7.186)
Current precautionary advice: Do not to use the CTF mechanism to share pupil and contact details with other schools until further notice Capita have informed us that there could be a CTF issue in th...
Posted on 25th March 2019
Online Free School Meals
Easy free school meal administration. In this age of Universal Infant Free School Meals, and importance of the Pupil Premium funding, it’s important that all eligible pupils are signed up. With ...
Posted on 21st March 2019
SIMS Training Courses from SBS in April
What's coming up in April? Take a look at April's SIMS Training Courses to see if anything catches your eye! Below are our upcoming SIMS Training Courses and dates: 24th April 2019 SIMS System Man...