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Posted on 22nd July 2015
Address Validation Error
We have discovered that a number of schools are being affected by the following “Address Validation Service is unavailable and has been disabled for this session”. This has been tested by ourselve...
Posted on 13th July 2015
July Budget, Coasting Schools and Teachers Pay
As another school year draws to a close, we consider the announcements made by the new government and how they might impact on schools and academies next year. July Budget There were no new announceme...
Posted on 10th July 2015
SIMS 7.164 upgrade reporting error
If this is your first visit to the SIMS blog, welcome! This is where all of the latest news, tips and guidance on school data will be posted. SIMS 7.164 Upgrade Error With the new SIMS upgrade there...
Posted on 9th July 2015
SBS Online Webinar 8th July 2015
We held our first SBS Online webinar on Wednesday 8th July. It gave users a tour of the features of the new release. Missed it? No problem. Here's a recording of the webinar so that you can watch it a...
Posted on 8th July 2015
New Teacher Scales for September 2015
Following the announcement of the new pay scales for teachers from September 2015, we have created two new tables for you to choose between and apply in your budget settings: Teacher Scales – Sept...
Posted on 6th July 2015
One Stop For Latest Finance News
A new place for the latest news. Regular readers of the SBS Finance Blog will have noticed that the blog is now available within the main School Business Services website. We will continue to provide ...
Posted on 1st July 2015
Welcome and new SBS Online update
Thanks for visiting the new SBS Online blog. This is where all of the latest news, tips and guidance will be posted. You can also read all of the previous ‘Latest news’ items from the SBS Online d...
Posted on 29th June 2015
Do you know how to generate the new SIMS school report?
The SIMS school report enables the monitoring of key measures in the school. You can customise the SIMS school report output by including or excluding specific measures that you are interested in. Al...
Posted on 19th June 2015
How to stay safe from ransomware
"Ransomware, it’s everywhere. We had hoped that the notorious file-encrypting ransomware called CryptoLocker was defeated after law enforcement knocked out its infrastructure last year, but Cry...
Posted on 12th June 2015
Flaming June
After what was undoubtedly a chilly May, let’s hope for a fine June. There are all those sports days, picnics, and summer fetes that need to take place on time or chaos will ensue. Now that we know ...
Posted on 5th June 2015
Welcome to the Team!
Please welcome our newest member of the MIS team Zara Nancy Harris-White. Zara Nancy born on Tuesday 14th April 2015 at 10:22am is the second daughter for Nikki Harris-White from our SIMS Servic...
Posted on 5th June 2015
SIMS Assessment – ‘Supports one of the central processes of any school’
SIMS Assessment & Reporting Suite provides a comprehensive tracking solution that works directly with pupil information held within SIMS. So up-to-the-minute data becomes readily available and reflect...