Blogs & Updates
Assessment Data & Student Progress
November 26 2015
What will you show Ofsted in the future when their inspectors call?
Life after levels, beginning in September 2015, will still require students to be assessed.
Importantly, those assessments will n...
Upcoming Deadlines
November 26 2015
There are a few things coming up that you might have missed in recent EFA bulletins - a couple require action in the next week.
Post 16 Funding
Speaking to schools and academies with 6th forms – a ...
Research, collaborate, streamline
November 24 2015
The focus of the current government is to reduce the UK’s budget deficit – and whilst the government is currently committed to safeguarding existing school budgets, there will undoubtedly be dif...
Have you updated your Additional Staffing allowances?
November 24 2015
Here at SBS HQ we are committed to ensuring customer satisfaction. As part of this we make it our responsibility to perform random spot checks on planners every now and again. If and when we see anyt...
SOLUS3 Upgrade
November 23 2015
Following the Capita technical road map, all schools using SIMS should upgrade to the new version of SOLUS by the end of March 2016.
In addition, Microsoft have removed support for SQL Server 2008 an...
Using SIMS for Behaviour Management
November 20 2015
This week is anti-bullying week. The theme for this year is Make a noise about bullying
It is widely recognised that a robust behaviour recording and reporting system can help schools tackle bully...
Giving teachers more freedom
November 19 2015
Giving teachers more freedom this Autumn with SIMS Assessment.
Read Capita's Product Manager, Rachael Marshman’s blog on how SIMS is supporting school’s approach to assessment and what changes ...
What’s new in the SIMS Autumn Release?
November 18 2015
Here are just some of the changes to look out for in the SIMS Autumn Release
Improvements to SIMS Assessment
The developments in assessment have been made with teachers in mind; improving usabilit...
Securus Anti-bullying Software
November 16 2015
SBS has partnered with Securus Software to provide an online safety solution for your school.
This software will alert staff to cyberbullying, explicit images, online grooming, radicalisation and muc...
Welcome to the team
November 11 2015
We would like to introduce two new members of the MIS team who you will be either seeing or speaking to and we are sure that you will make them both welcome
Leyla Tovey
MIS Assistant Manager
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