Blogs & Updates
Workplace issues this Christmas
December 14 2016
Workplace issues this Christmas
With Christmas just round the corner employers need to prepare for some familiar workplace issues, whether its unauthorised absence over the Christmas period or bad ...
Nearly Xmas - But Some Important Work Still To Do!
December 13 2016
Many schools and academies are now in their final week before the Christmas break. But there are still important tasks to complete.
Key Deadlines for Academies
As we get to the end of the autumn te...
Spring 2017 Census
December 09 2016
Our step by step Census documentation is available now so that you can get ahead and start preparing for Spring Census day which is on Thursday 19th January.
Preparing for the Spring Census ...
Reduce Paper Records and Improve Efficiency
December 08 2016
Back in the Summer, we published a blog about the new Direct Scan Solution from Brother.
Please note this product is currently unavailable from our Procurement service and this blog is now for refer...
Updated KS4 Resources including Scatter Graphs
December 07 2016
New Version of CAS Key Groups Inspection Dashboard Report
This report has now been updated to include the 2016 National figures which have just been published.
When imported, the updated report wil...
School servers targeted by hackers
December 05 2016
It has been brought to our attention that hackers are targeting school servers
What has been happening?
The following unusual activity has been reported at a number of schools:
Server drive permiss...
SIMS for Safeguarding
December 02 2016
With Ofsted placing greater emphasis on safeguarding than ever before, it is essential that staff in schools are aware of their responsibilities and have confidence in the monitoring systems that are...
A Guide to the Apprenticeship Levy
November 30 2016
The Apprenticeship Levy is a new government initiative announced in the 2015 Summer Budget that will come into force from April 2017.
It is in effect a payroll tax that will apply to large organisati...
On The Horizon
November 22 2016
With the first named storm of the year having rolled across the horizon, in this week’s blog we look at a number of issues set to impact on schools.
Future School Funding
The National Union of Te...
SIMS Training Courses in 2017
November 14 2016
Dates for our 2017 SIMS courses are available to view now on our SIMS Training page.
As well as some of the ever-popular, regular SIMS training courses you will also find some new courses on offer:
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