Blogs & Updates
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
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...
Census - new fileset 226
January 18 2016
Downloading and Applying a Fileset
Please note that a new Fileset 226 has been released by Capita ready for your School Census. This new fileset solves a variety of validation errors and contains the ...
Assessment - Track pupils progress whatever method you choose
January 18 2016
Capita have published a new document for assessment which we feel would be useful for our schools.
Assessment should support teaching and learning and be driven by your school’s own assessment po...
New SBS address and phone number
January 17 2016
After an extremely successful few years, we are delighted to announce we are moving our head office to accommodate our continued and future growth.
The new facilities offer a large conference suite, ...
Census - new fileset223
January 11 2016
Downloading and Applying a Fileset
Please note that a new Fileset223 has been released by Capita ready for your School Census.
Please check that you have had your SIMS upgrade and are on SIMS version...
Census Key Information
January 08 2016
Selected Period and Pupil Funding
Specifying the Selected Period on Census Day
The selected period on the Census Day is used in conjunction with the class information collected in the return. It is b...
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