Blogs & Updates
Address Validation Error - resolved
July 23 2015
Capita have solved the issue of the Address Validation not working and this was due to the move of their hosted services....
Address Validation Error
July 22 2015
We have discovered that a number of schools are being affected by the following “Address Validation Service is unavailable and has been disabled for this session”.
This has been tested by ourselve...
July Budget, Coasting Schools and Teachers Pay
July 13 2015
As another school year draws to a close, we consider the announcements made by the new government and how they might impact on schools and academies next year.
July Budget
There were no new announceme...
SIMS 7.164 upgrade reporting error
July 10 2015
If this is your first visit to the SIMS blog, welcome!
This is where all of the latest news, tips and guidance on school data will be posted.
SIMS 7.164 Upgrade Error
With the new SIMS upgrade there...
SBS Online Webinar 8th July 2015
July 09 2015
We held our first SBS Online webinar on Wednesday 8th July. It gave users a tour of the features of the new release. Missed it? No problem. Here's a recording of the webinar so that you can watch it a...
New Teacher Scales for September 2015
July 08 2015
Following the announcement of the new pay scales for teachers from September 2015, we have created two new tables for you to choose between and apply in your budget settings:
Teacher Scales – Sept...
One Stop For Latest Finance News
July 06 2015
A new place for the latest news. Regular readers of the SBS Finance Blog will have noticed that the blog is now available within the main School Business Services website. We will continue to provide ...
Welcome and new SBS Online update
July 01 2015
Thanks for visiting the new SBS Online blog. This is where all of the latest news, tips and guidance will be posted. You can also read all of the previous ‘Latest news’ items from the SBS Online d...
Do you know how to generate the new SIMS school report?
June 29 2015
The SIMS school report enables the monitoring of key measures in the school.
You can customise the SIMS school report output by including or excluding specific measures that you are interested in. Al...
How to stay safe from ransomware
June 19 2015
"Ransomware, it’s everywhere. We had hoped that the notorious file-encrypting ransomware called CryptoLocker was defeated after law enforcement knocked out its infrastructure last year, but Cry...
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