by Lucy Brook | Nov 8, 2022 | Admissions, Blogs, Bursary16+, Enrolment, MATs and School Groups
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...
by Jeff Clark | Oct 19, 2022 | Admissions, Blogs, Enrolment, MATs and School Groups, Primary & Nursery, Year 7
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...
by Lucy Brook | Sep 21, 2022 | Admissions, Blogs, Bursary+, Bursary16+, Enrolment, MATs and School Groups, Primary & Nursery, Year 7
Over the next decade, school pupil numbers are set to fall in both primary and secondary settings, with primary numbers falling more dramatically. Projections show a drop of around 30,000 primary school pupils between 2020 and 2026, plus a decline in the number of...
by Lucy Brook | Sep 7, 2022 | Admissions, Blogs, Enrolment
Although Year 12 enrolment day happens every year and schools have developed many quick and efficient processes to make the day as smooth as possible, there are always new challenges and new ways of managing things. Your school may have new staff who’ve not previously...
by Lucy Brook | Apr 22, 2022 | Admissions, Blogs, Enrolment
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. You need a fast and effective system to do this...
by Lucy Clarke | Feb 1, 2022 | Admissions, Blogs, Enrolment
With census out of the way, I imagine your next big deadline is planning for National Offer Day on 1st March and we want to help you. I’ve just joined Applicaa because I wanted to share how Admissions+ can help people like myself remove the pressure from their...
