Blogs & Updates

SIMS Standard Reporting Course
  January 28 2020

MIS

SIMS Standard Reporting Course coming this February This course introduces the user to the report designing process in SIMS with the objective to extract useful information from the Pupil/Student d...
February SIMS Training Courses
  January 27 2020

MIS

Take a look at what we have got coming up this February! Our SIMS training courses are ideal for maximising the use of your system, training your team or to prepare you for a new role in a school. Be...
IMPORTANT – SIMS Census Exclusion Issue
  January 22 2020

MIS

Is SIMS Census exclusion data being reported correctly in your Spring Census? Currently the SIMS 7 and SIMS Primary census applications are reporting permanent exclusions data where the Exclusion...
The end of Windows 7 and what this means for ICT security
  January 14 2020
As of today, the 14th January 2020, Microsoft will no longer be supporting Windows 7! What does this mean? Microsoft will no longer create and push out Windows updates There will be no more sec...
MIS Spring Census 2020 guidance
  January 13 2020

MIS

The MIS Spring Census 2020 will be on Thursday 16th January. This blog includes guidance documentation for 3 MIS systems and the fileset for SIMS users. Welcome back after what we hope was a nice re...
Term-time only staff may be owed backdated holiday pay
  January 09 2020
This blog refers to SBS Budgets, our new look budget management software as part of the SBS Online evolution. There has been a change to the NJC National Agreement on Pay Conditions of Service (G...
The SBS MIS team completes Arbor accreditation
  December 05 2019

MIS

We’re delighted to announce that we have become an accredited support provider for Arbor MIS The Arbor accreditation team visited the SBS Milton Keynes office recently to complete our accreditati...
Free ASP product for schools and MATs - Arbor Insight
  November 20 2019

MIS

Completely Free Performance Analysis Tool for every school and MAT Arbor Insight is a completely free performance analysis tool that benchmarks your school’s performance against the national avera...
School Workforce Census 2019
  November 05 2019

MIS

The last census of the year! Half term has been and gone and now it’s time to start looking towards School Workforce Census 2019 (and the final stretch to Christmas!) Here you are going to find t...
We're holding our next Data Management Forum on 26th Nov
  November 04 2019

MIS

This month's Data Management Forum provides information for Primary, Special and Secondary Schools. Did you know about our Data Management Forums? These sessions are a great way of networking and bei...