Blogs & Updates
Welcome to 2015
January 06 2015
Out with the old and in with the new - welcome to 2015. For many academies the period around the year-end is the busiest period for School Business Managers, so we hope Christmas was all you wished fo...
Version table effective dates!
January 06 2015
Our focus toward the end of 2014 was to cater for the new set of support salary scales that came into effect as of 1st January 2015.
These new scales are unusual compared to previous, in that differe...
Hour of code for educators
December 18 2014
Have you or your school tried the hour of code? Really useful on-line courses to let students try developing and using basic code for computer science and the new ICT curriculum. Almost 5 million pe...
Office Mix for your classroom!
December 03 2014
Office Mix for your classroom - bring your PowerPoint and class alive!
Microsoft are offering an extended preview to Office & PowerPoint users to supercharge your presentations, especially good in...
Remembrance & Future Opportunities
November 12 2014
For many November is a time for reflection. This is also true with Academy Finances, as the final adjustments are made by auditors across the land. Academies also need to look forward. Those looking t...
October saw the introduction of a few low-key, visual enhancements to SBS Online.
November 06 2014
We were conscious that our focus had been on functionality over appearance for some time.
A number of our customers had been requesting a more formal reporting appearance with some additional audit d...
Do you want to save your school some money?...
November 04 2014
When I get asked to visit schools to discuss ICT being used within the school one of the first area's I like to discuss are Virtual Learning Environments, as most of the schools I visit use their VLE...
October Returns
October 19 2014
October is not normally a month for Returns, but there are two returns that new Academies and Free Schools are likely to have to complete in the next few weeks. Also the EFA advise that a significant ...
Our big development news from September was the completion of stage 2 of our multi-actions release
October 07 2014
In July, we introduced the ability to select and delete multiple items through a single process with minimal clicks. This latest release takes it a few steps further: users are now able to select mult...
October Planner
October 03 2014
A new month - and like many of you I'm busy finishing off academy year ends and preparing for the auditors.
Looking at the recently updated EFA Business Cycle Wall Planner the main item for Academie...
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