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My experience as a parent completing Admissions forms for my daughter
Once again, it's that time of year when primary schools eagerly await fair ATF files from Local Authorities, containing vital information about new...
Empowering Admissions Staff: The Role of School’s Senior Leadership Team
The more I reflect on my experience working within the education sector, the more I realise just how much the staff behind the scenes – the back...
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Ensure a Smooth Enrolment Day with Admissions+
This year's GCSE results will be released on the 24 of August, which seems a long way off! However, pressure to enrol sixth-form students quickly and to have everything ready for the new academic year in September arrives as soon as results are released. Sixth form...
Applicaa Now Manages Year 9 Options!
Every year schools across the country hand out forms to Year 9 students so they can select their preferred options for the next two years of GCSE studies. Schools we've spoken with are generally managing this process on paper forms, or on basic online forms like...
How The Greenshaw Learning Trust Uses Applicaa
Recently, we caught up with Marlene Francis, Head of Admissions at the The Greenshaw Learning Trust to find out how the MAT has benefited from adopting the Applicaa CRM. How did admissions run in your MAT before you got Admissions+? Greenshaw Learning Trust has 24...
Hear from ALET on Admissions Management in a MAT
We recently caught up with Sarah Dawson, Operations Manager at ALET multi-academy trust and Applicaa customer across multiple schools in the MAT setting. We wanted to ask Sarah some key questions about the use of Applicaa and the benefits for MATs. Before ALET adopted...
5% of Your Post-16 Bursary Fund Can Be Spent on Admin Costs
The Education and Skills Funding Agency (ESFA) has outlined its 2022/23 academic year guidance for schools managing 16 to 19 bursary funds. Contained within this guidance is the advice that schools can use up to 5% of their academic year's allocation on administrative...
Impress Your Parents with our Independent School Offer-Contract module!
In most businesses, customer expectations are higher than the service they actually get. In my experience, that is often true for parents when they are applying for a place (for their child) at school. Schools work hard to ensure the expectations of parents on the...
Working smarter not harder
I was on a demo with a school this week, they were considering Applicaa to help them streamline their admissions & enrolment process. I was hugely encouraged that one of the school staff said their Headteacher was on a mission to help his staff work smarter, not...
I spent a lot of time in schools thinking “There must be a way of automating this task…”
I joined Applicaa in January after working as a Data Manager for a MAT in South London. Because I’d worked in IT before going into Education, I spent a lot of time in schools thinking, “There must be a way of automating this task…”, but schools are hectic places and I...
What’s this about Census and Pupil Premium?
I’d just returned to school feeling refreshed after a lovely summer holiday and after only a few hours I’d be feeling like I needed a break again - the reality of working in a busy primary school federation office! I’d worked as an admin and admissions manager in...