Blogs & Updates

Consultation - National Funding Formula
  March 08 2016
In the Autumn Statement the chancellor advised that there would be a consultation programme looking at a National Funding Formula for schools and academies. The Department for Education announced on...
Important contact details update
  February 26 2016
Effective Monday 29th February, the SBS Online Service Desk contact details will change: For email enquiries, please contact: sbsonline@schoolbusinessservices.co.uk Additionally you can click the li...
SIMS accreditation
  February 23 2016

MIS

MIS support team achieves Capita SIMS accreditation for the second time Following a thorough assessment of our high quality service, and participation from our valued schools, the SIMS support team a...
SIMS User Permissions Audit
  February 22 2016

MIS

As part of our continuing improvement for our SIMS Service and adding value for our customers, we are providing an audit service for SIMS users and permissions. Over the next couple of weeks we w...
February Blues
  February 22 2016
It's a strange February this year - half term came much earlier. There's lots to do but so few days in the month. As we prepare to leap into the last month of the fiscal year we look at where you mi...
SIMS Assessment is a BETT Show winner for 2016
  February 15 2016

MIS

We are pleased to announce that Capita/SIMS is a BETT Show Awards 2016 winner. We are very pleased to share the news that SIMS Assessment with the SIMS Teacher app has been voted best ICT Tool for...
Microsoft Internet Explorer updates affecting RM Integris
  February 08 2016

ICT

As of January 12 2016, Microsoft will only be updating and supporting Internet Explorer (IE) 11 - the latest version of IE What should RM Integris users do? We recommend that schools update Internet ...
Childcare Question and Validation Rule 2950
  January 29 2016

MIS

Please note that the DfE has recently added validation rule 2950 to its COLLECT validation. This validation checks that the childcare questions are answered for all four types of childcare. This vali...
Piloting Our Way Through January
  January 27 2016
The warmest winter on record so far in some parts of the country. And in schools and academies everywhere the pace is hotting up – accounting returns to be made and budgets for 2016/17 to be prepar...
DfE FSM Ever 6 at Spring Census 2016
  January 27 2016

MIS

Capita/SIMS have produced a new SIMS report file for the DfE Free School Meals Ever 6 looking at the data within the Spring Census 2016. This report can be downloaded and then needs to be saved somew...