Blogs & Updates
Guest blog: A new dawn for schools?
August 14 2018
A new dawn for schools?
Guest post from Julie Cordiner, School Financial Success
Changes in the air
Listening to the experiences, views and concerns of headteachers, SBLs, governors and other spea...
Urgent and Important – Exams PI Report Problem
August 13 2018
Exams PI Report Problem
It has been found that the fileset 1001 causes a problem for one of the reports in the Exams PI and it has therefore been withdrawn. The existence of this fileset may be unkno...
SIMS Exams and Results Day – 2018 edition
July 30 2018
The summer holidays are finally upon us with Mediterranean sunshine to help us forget about the school year, but for those of you involved in SIMS Exams and Results Day there’s still a little more ...
News round-up from the SBS Capita-accredited SIMS team
July 25 2018
SBS MIS support team achieves Capita SIMS accreditation for the third time!
Our accreditation visit, led by Capita's Professional Services team, took place during the SBS Company Developmen...
New SIMS patch available: Issue with Contacts and CTFs with Pre-Admissions
July 18 2018
This is an update from our previous blog in June
Previous information: what is the issue?
Capita have discovered an issue with importing CTFs for pre-admissions that may cause some problems with yo...
Are you ready for Analysing in SIMS?
July 16 2018
Capita End of Key Stage, Exams, and Post-16 Analysis
We know that at this time of year there are a lot of assessments and results to analyse and a lot of headline figures to collate and work out.
T...
Your SIMS Summer Upgrade is here! (7.182)
July 12 2018
The Change Request Release!
The new upgrade is out and available now and comes with a vast array of little changes that have been made based on customer feedback through Capita’s Change Request sys...
Downloading & Importing KS2 test results
July 09 2018
How to download & import KS2 test results from the NCA Tools Website
Downloading the result file in CTF format read
Login to the NCS tools Website Click here with the credentials supplied to the ...
Next generation of Exams in SIMS
July 05 2018
Capita have released a sneak preview of the direction they’re heading for the next generation of Exams in SIMS.
A very early preview of what to expect and how you can feedback with your thoughts.
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Is your school having a summer technology clear out?
July 04 2018
As July arrives, a reminder to schools that SBS can provide a convenient, cost-effective School Asset Disposal service.
Ideal for spring cleaning around the Easter holidays or the summer break, scho...
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