Blogs & Updates
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...
CES (Catholic Education Service) Census 2016
January 07 2016
The CES Census 2016 falls on the same date as the Spring Census for the DfE - Thursday 21st January.
The Catholic Education Service has many resources to support schools in their completion and su...
Setting a new budget?
January 06 2016
We have received a few calls from customers asking to be reminded about how they go about setting up a new budget for the new year.
Remember you can create a new budget for the new year whilst still ...
Spring Census Preparation Documents
January 04 2016
The Spring census is fast approaching - Census day is Thursday 21st January.
To help you prepare, our step by step documentation is now available for you to download via the links below.
You ...
The old year is over; a new one to begin
December 17 2015
As the odds tumble on a white Christmas – too warm and wet – a final reminder to academies about year end activities.
Submission of Audited Accounts by 31 December 2015
The deadline for academy...
SBS Online Update: Theme Selector and Other Improvements
December 17 2015
Our new SBS Online update contains several improvements, plus some bug fixes.
Theme selector
Choose how your SBS Online planner looks by selecting a different theme. By default, one of the new themes ...
Meet the team
December 10 2015
We would like to introduce some of our new members of the team who have joined this year.
Ricky Barton
Finance Consultant
I joined School Business Services in 2015 as a Finance Consultant; ...
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