Blogs & Updates

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...
Are robots the future of customer service?
  October 02 2017
Customer satisfaction and optimising the customer experience should be at the top of the agenda for any business and SBS is no exception. Although this week is Customer Service Week we aim for great ...
Autumn Census 2017 - Fileset 704
  September 29 2017

MIS

A new Fileset (704) has been made available by Capita for the Autumn Census. Downloading and Applying a Fileset Please ensure that you have had your Summer upgrade and are on SIMS 7.176 before you...
SIMS Autumn Census guidance
  September 19 2017

MIS

The SIMS Autumn Census will be on Thursday 5th October 2017 With October coming around fast it’s time again for that joyous thing that is the October School Census. To help with carrying it out we
Your updated Pupil Premium 2017/18
  September 08 2017

MIS

As many of you are no doubt aware, your Pupil Premium 'ticks' will not have carried over from last year and so will need to be re-entered. Thankfully to make our lives a little easier, you can down...
School Teachers' Pay and Conditions Document (STPCD) 2017
  August 16 2017
Changes to the School Teachers Pay and Conditions Document 2017 The new School Teachers Pay and Conditions Document (STPCD) 2017 has now been published by the Department for Education (DfE). The ma...