Blogs & Updates
Catholic Education Services (CES) Census 2018
January 22 2018
For some of you the Census is now done, but for others you still have another one to complete, the CES Census.
Please see below a link to a Completing the Census guide, along with a couple of bits ta...
SIMS Spring Census guidance
January 12 2018
The SIMS Spring Census will be on Thursday 18th January 2018
Happy New Year from us at SBS and apologies for being the bearer of bad news, it’s the Spring School Census next week and to get you go...
SIMS Basics Webinar
January 09 2018
We're excited to be beginning 2018 with a SIMS Basics Webinar this Spring Term!
If you’ve wanted to attend one of our SIMS Basics courses before but haven’t been able to get to our training ven...
Support Staff Pay Scales from April 2018
January 08 2018
This weekend we have released updated values for support staff national pay scales effective from 1st April 2018.
The new scales are STC (subject to confirmation) while we wait for official news abo...
Happy New Year from the SBS Finance & Business team!
January 04 2018
It was lovely to see that 130 people are on the Department of Education 2018 New Year Honours list.
Particularly rewarding to see many Governors and several School Business and Office staff being re...
Handling a School Closure in SIMS – Snow!
December 11 2017
Handling a School Closure in SIMS – Snow!
It’s starting to look a bit like Christmas with snow falling all around us, but whilst it’s lovely to look at from the comfort of your home, it can al...
Preparing for your Spring Census 2018
December 08 2017
Sorry to have to put a downer on your race to the Christmas holidays but it occurs that you’ll not be long back before you have to start thinking about your Spring School Census.
Don’t worry, thi...
National Living and Minimum Wage April 2018
December 04 2017
National Living and Minimum Wage April 2018
The Government have announced that with effect from 1 April 2018 the National Living Wage (NLW) and National Minimum Wage (NMW) will increase.
The Natio...
Changes to statutory maternity and sick pay rates in 2018
November 30 2017
Statutory maternity and sick pay rates for 2018/19
The government has recently announced the changes to statutory maternity and sick pay rates in 2018. This includes maternity, adoption, paternity a...
Important information about your SIMS upgrade
November 27 2017
An issue has been found regarding the latest SIMS upgrade and Sophos Intercept X
With all the excitement around the new upgrade we’ve unfortunately been made aware of an issue that will stop the u...
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