Blogs & Updates

Academy Year-End Preparation
  July 12 2024
Academy Year-End Preparation, a checklist and general advice to school staff
Remembering your licence renewal
  June 24 2021

ICT

It is important to actively renew or agree to cancel licences when they are coming towards expiring as it is difficult to get back your previous licence after it has expired.
Reduce Paper Records and Improve Efficiency
  December 08 2016

MIS

Back in the Summer, we published a blog about the new Direct Scan Solution from Brother. Please note this product is currently unavailable from our Procurement service and this blog is now for refer...
HR Policy Audit & Review
  August 11 2016
HR Policy Audit and Review - Autumn Offer Ensure your policies are up to date and legally compliant with a bespoke audit - just £499! Full review of up to 10 existing policies Assess content taki...
Quick and easy document scanning directly into SIMS
  July 12 2016

MIS

Introducing Brother’s Direct Scan Solution Please note this product is currently unavailable from our Procurement service and this blog is now for reference only. To see our full product range vis...
Kaizen!
  May 16 2016
Every school, academy and college wants to get better. This week we look at research that might help you. Research, Collaborate, Streamline – revisited. In an earlier blog we discussed what steps ...
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 ...
More Post It Notes - Don't Forget
  September 24 2014
In the week when a report for Education Select Committee once again questioned controls in Academies, we remind new academies of the actions the EFA expects of them this term, and look in brief at a n...
Good Governance Guide
  August 27 2014
The August bank holiday is behind us, the new school year is a matter of days away. With the new academic year comes a new Academies Financial Handbook – effective from 1 September. In this week’...
Welcome!
  March 11 2014
Thank you for visiting the School Business Services blog for the first time. This post comes from Becky Hall, Head of Marketing, to introduce who we are and why we have started this blog. SBS History...