Blogs & Updates
HR Policy Audit & Review
August 11 2016
HR Policy Audit and Review - Autumn Offer
Ensure your policies are up to date and legally compliant with a bespoke audit - just £499!
Full review of up to 10 existing policies
Assess content taki...
Teacher pay scales 2016/17
August 10 2016
We have implemented the new teaching staff pay scales for 2016/17.
The general rule is a 1% increase in value of each 2015/16 salary scale. Last year we introduced three scale tables - A, B and C. Th...
21 Questions To Ask . .
August 05 2016
Last year the All Party Parliamentary Group on Education, Governance and Leadership published two lists of questions to challenge governance in schools and academies.
One was to help challenge school...
Summer update - Outturn reporting
July 28 2016
Our latest release provides further improvements to SBS Online:
Outturn reporting
We have added a new feature to show the previous year’s outturn.
Simply go to ‘Settings > Budgets’, click ...
National Funding Formula - Update
July 22 2016
The Secretary of State for Education Justine Greening has released a written statement to Parliament on school funding.
In the statement, she has said the national funding formula will be delayed an...
School Teachers’ Pay and Conditions
July 20 2016
School Teachers’ Pay and Conditions Document (STPCD) September 2016
Please be advised that the School Teachers’ Review Body has published its 26th report on the recommended changes to the School...
Schools Out
July 18 2016
The last blog of the 2015/2016 Academic Year. I write this as a new Education secretary, Justine Greening, is appointed.
No doubt over the summer we will see whether this changes the direction of gov...
Getting ready for Exams Results Day
July 13 2016
A new Performance Measures file has just been released by CAPITA.
Schools will need to ensure that they are on the Summer version of SIMS (7.170) before proceeding with the import.
Download the file...
Quick and easy document scanning directly into SIMS
July 12 2016
Introducing Brother’s Direct Scan Solution
Please note this product is currently unavailable from our Procurement service and this blog is now for reference only. To see our full product range vis...
Safer Recruitment
July 11 2016
Safer Recruitment
Training for Schools
SBS provides expert guidance to ensure you are confident and compliant in your recruitment
Paragraph 43 of the DfE statutory safeguarding guidance, Keeping Chi...
Financial Planning