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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...

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Primary School Preparations

Primary School Preparations

With primary allocation days fast approaching in April, could Admissions+ be the platform you need to smooth the process of collecting additional reference forms and to manage the enrolment into your school? Although parents are not able to visit schools in advance as...

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Centralisation for MATs

Centralisation for MATs

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

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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