Blogs & Updates

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...
Daily Echo School Awards 2016
  January 27 2016
School Business Services (SBS) is thrilled to announce that we are co-sponsoring the Daily Echo School Awards 2016, created to celebrate excellence in Dorset schools. Parents, pupils and family ...
National Insurance 2016/17 – We got it spot on!
  January 25 2016
We are delighted to announce that SBS Online has been projecting 2016/17 employer contributions for National Insurance correctly since February 2015. The government has announced the new thresholds a...
National Insurance Rates 2016/2017
  January 21 2016

MIS

The new National Insurance table is now available and needs to be entered in to SIMS Personnel. The following table displays the new rates: Band Upper Monthly Earnings Limit Lower Monthly Earnin...
Additional pre-appointment checks on teachers
  January 21 2016
Since 18th January, where any European Economic Area (EEA) authority that has responsibility for regulating the teaching profession imposes a restriction on a person’s ability to work as a teacher,...
SBS Online releases new Support Salary Scales for 2016 & 2017
  January 21 2016
A number of our customers have been requesting we look into the pending April Support salary scales. Although yet to be finalised we understand you need to get to grips with your budget as soon as p...