Blogs & Updates

Handling a School Closure in SIMS – Snow!
  December 11 2017

MIS

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

MIS

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

MIS

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...
More information about our Exams Officer training
  November 23 2017

MIS

A reminder about our Exams Officer training which is just a few weeks away! Please share this blog with school staff or contacts who may be interested. Booking information Date: Monday 4th Decem...
SIMS Autumn 2017 Upgrade - v7.178
  November 15 2017

MIS

Sing! Dance! Throw a party! …Okay, maybe don’t get too excited, it’s just the new SIMS Autumn 2017 Upgrade. We are starting to contact schools to arrange your upgrade over the next few weeks b...
School Workforce Census Autumn 2017
  October 27 2017

MIS

With November rapidly approaching and the half term break finishing it’s time to start looking forward to the School Workforce Census Autumn 2017. Here you are going to find the how to guides, and...
Exams Officer training delivered by Paula Wood
  October 16 2017

MIS

Introducing Paula Wood - Senior MIS Consultant We are excited to announce that Paula Wood has recently joined the SBS MIS team. Paula has an outstanding national reputation amongst Examinations Of...
Importing Updated Exams Results
  October 04 2017

MIS

At this time of the year you may be getting in some updated results and wondering how to get these into SIMS and Exams Organiser. To add a new result that was not imported through a result file you...