Lucy Brook Articles

After a smooth enrolment process?

GCSE results will be out on 25th August this year, which seems a long way off. As soon as the results are out, the pressure is for schools to enrol Sixth Form students for the start of the new academic year in September.

Why We Love Innovation

Hello, here at Applicaa we love innovation and are continually driving new ideas to enhance our products because we want all our users to get the best experiences. That includes all the staff in schools plus the families and students. To this end, we fully encourage...

Easy Online Management of Post-16 Bursaries

With this feedback, Applicaa created Bursary16+, the complete online management tool for the management of post-16 bursaries.

Time to Move Your Bursary Management Online?

Following a wonderful two days at the ISBA conference Wales, we thought it timely to gather a few thoughts. Firstly, it was a joy to meet so many Bursars from different independent schools ranging from standalone preps to all-through independent schools, to...
Why We Love Innovation

Why We Love Innovation

Hello, here at Applicaa we love innovation and are continually driving new ideas to enhance our products because we want all our users to get the...

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MATs and school groups exist to raise standards for member schools and to improve educational outcomes for students. MATs and groups are increasingly moving towards a centralised model, maintaining infrastructure, strategy, and processes at the group level to encourage high standards across the organisation and to effect change more easily through centralised reporting and delivery. 

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Using the New MAT Dashboard!

Using the New MAT Dashboard!

Meet Joe, Marketing Manager for a large MAT which has multiple schools across the country, both primary and secondary schools. One of Joe’s responsibilities is to support the individual schools with their marketing, their recruitment targets, and their admissions process including ensuring timely and effective communication with current and prospective parents. 

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3rd Year for Birchwood High

3rd Year for Birchwood High

Why we looked at Admissions+ This is the 3rd year that we have used Admissions+ and it is hard to remember a time without it! Previously we had paper applications which students would hand in in-person or send back via the post. We would often have people ringing the...

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Midsomer Nails Multiple Sites

Midsomer Nails Multiple Sites

Midsomer Norton Partnership is a group of schools including multiple Primary Schools and Secondary Schools across different sites. We spoke with Amanda Grainger, Sixth Form Administrator across multiple sites, to see how the implementation of Admissions+ has helped to...

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Twynham School Goes Digital

Twynham School Goes Digital

Twynham’s School in Dorset, an Ofsted rated ‘Outstanding’ school with a thriving Sixth Form, talks about their experiences before and after adopted Admissions+ in 2020.

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A Very Different Year

A Very Different Year

Every year, the closing date for school applications demands parents make tough decisions regarding the future of their children and which school might benefit them the most. There are so many factors to weigh up. Which schools are realistically accessible each...

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Manage Virtual Open Days

We hope that all schools have had a great start to the new if somewhat different academic year. Many of our team have previously worked in schools and we all remember how the Autumn term can be one of the busiest especially when it comes to events! ? During this term,...

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Delivering Smooth Enrolment

Delivering Smooth Enrolment

A little over a week ago students across the country were waking up to their GCSE results in one of the strangest of years in many respects. Thankfully for our customers, they were using Admissions+ which has a dedicated digital enrolment area with only three key steps.

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Good luck to all Year 11’s

Good luck to all Year 11’s

This year will be remembered for many reasons not least because of the issues around A-level, GCSE, and BTEC results. Speaking with schools this week regarding all the uncertainty, we know it has been a difficult time and the situation has caused challenges for teachers, students, and school leaders.

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