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Take the hard work out of 
Year 11 References

Giving schools the power to manage, send and track student references all from one place. Free for early adopters.

Sharing reference Reference details

Only one reference needed for each student

Destination Tracking

Built-in tracking for destinations and NEETs

Easily Collaborate

Easily collaborate with form tutors

OneReference:
The Ultimate Tool for Year 11 References

With OneReference, managing Sixth Form and college transfers has never been easier.

Reduce Workload with Reusable References

Create one reference for each student that can be used for multiple applications – and any requests come straight to you via OneReference.

One universal reference template

Based on over 800 Sixth Form and college reference forms, our universal template fits every purpose and need – minimising the need for any adjustments.

Simple, Fuss-Free Setup

Getting started is genuinely effortless. With minimal set-up needed to import your Year 11 students, you’ll be sending references almost straight away!

Collaborate with your team

Add other staff members to your OneReference platform at no extra cost, ensuring your entire team can contribute to referencing without any limitations.

Connect your students to ApplicaaOne

Invite your students to browse and apply for thousands of post-16 courses, via the UK’s only Sixth Form and College admissions portal, ApplicaaOne.

Join Applicaa’s National Network

When you start using using One Reference, you automatically join an ever-growing Applicaa Network of schools – sharing admissions insights, knowledge and best practice.

Already Using Admissions+?

If you’re already using Admissions+, it’s quick and easy to add One Reference to your account.

Streamline your admissions process

Year 7 Data Collection

Transform the experience for new families joining your school. Remove hassle and admin for busy parents!

Streamline admissions with special benefits
Get reliable, accurate information from parents
Remove manual data entry into the school MIS!
Offer families one simple easy-to-use online solution
Collect parental consent using digital signatures
Enhance school communication with parents

Year 7 Data Collection Process

Receive data

Parents and students complete online enquiry forms. Enquiries from school events, Open Days holiday clubs etc are all captured online.

Import

The admissions team telephone or email the enquirer to follow-up the initial enquiry.

Welcome email

An Open Day or individual school visit is arranged for the family to see and experience the school.

Form completion

Applicants complete their Registration Form and pay their Registration Fee online. All data entered is transferred into iSAMS, SIMS, etc. No manual data entry!

Aquire information

Once you have collected the information from your prospective pupils and parents, you can use the platform to:

  • Request CTFs and Transition Information from their current schools
  • You can also use collected data to organise pupils into Form Groups

See the section below for more information

MIS Import

Offers made and distributed to every student on the Admissions+ system with no manual paperwork.

Done

Acceptance forms are completed online. Deposits are paid online by BACS transfer. The finance, admissions and marketing teams all have a clear record of transactions.

Onboarding your pupils and parents!

Great, so you have now collected all the data you need from parents. What’s next?
From working with admissions leaders and data manager, we know this is not the end of the process but can be just the beginning. This is the stage where schools start to prepare the pupil and parents to join the school or as we like to call it “Onboarding them”

Admissions+ will help you do these additional jobs all in one place and lightning fast!

Collecting CTFs from feeder schools

The “CTF Wizard allows you to:

  • See a list of feeder schools that will be sending you students in the Autumn, along with which students are coming from each school.
  • Automatically ping them a secure message (that you create and configure), asking them to send you these students’ CTF files (and physical files if you wish!), giving them all the information they need to do this. (The message is GDPR-compliant because it requires feeder schools to log into our system to get the actual list of students and their DOBs.)
  • Place a ‘tick’ next to each school’s name as they send you the files you need.
  • Send a reminder to those schools that haven’t sent them in yet (especially useful when the Autumn Census deadline looms!!!)

Securely Collecting Transition Data

To ensure your students get the best possible start at their new school, it’s helpful to get as much information from their previous schools as you can. With this tool you can:

  • Customise a form with questions that you want to ask feeder schools and automatically send it to the school automatically online.
  • The form will prompt the students’ previous teachers to briefly (and securely!) send you some information about the attainment of your students – their strengths, their weaknesses, who they work particularly well with, and who their mortal enemies are (useful when deciding tutor groups!)
  • Once the information’s been sent (securely!) back to your school, you can send it on to relevant colleagues such as Heads of Department and your SENCO.
  • If you want, you’ll also be able to import this information directly into your MIS

Smart sorting pupils into Form Groups

There are a number of factors that need to be taken into account when sorting pupils into form groups, such as: Gender balance, Friendship groups, Academic attainment, Special Educational Needs, Ethnicity and Feeder school.

Rather than having to export the data to an spreadsheet and spend hours fiddling around with it. The Form Group Sorting Hat will automatically organise your pupils into groups based on your criteria. You will also be able to fine tune the groups by moving pupils from one group to another.

Built for schools by experts

Sixth Form Admissions Growth

Engage applicants & save time with the leading online admissions software for a Fast and Efficient Enrolment Day — Get the right students in your sixth form.

Sixth Form Admissions Process

Register online

  • External students self-register on school website
  • Internal students are imported from School MIS and sent welcome emails

Submit application

Applicants complete application forms online, submitting their predicted grades and subject choices

Offers made

After Interview/guidance meeting, School makes offers and Applicants respond online

MIS Import

Import accepted applications to School MIS. The platform make it easier to make and track offers

Enrolment

On Enrolment day, applicants login to submit their grades only with evidence and are then enrolled on to classes.

Places accepted

After Enrolment day, class lists and time table options will be imported into School MIS

Power Up Your Enrolment Day with Admissions+

Try our Sixth Form enrolment day technology. Students apply online, receive their GCSE grades in August, grades are imported, enrolment is completed digitally and timetables and class allocation happens automatically.

Turbo Charge Enrolment Day

Engage applicants & save time with the leading school onboarding software.

  • Auto enrol students who meet grades
  • Communicate with applicants and parents
  • Automatically transfer data to your MIS
  • No manual data entry!

Onboarding your pupils and parents!

Great, so you have now collected all the data you need from parents. What’s next?
From working with admissions leaders and data manager, we know this is not the end of the process but can be just the beginning. This is the stage where schools start to prepare the pupil and parents to join the school or as we like to call it “Onboarding them”

Admissions+ will help you do these additional jobs all in one place and lightning fast!

Collecting CTFs from feeder schools

The “CTF Wizard allows you to:

  • See a list of feeder schools that will be sending you students in the Autumn, along with which students are coming from each school.
  • Automatically ping them a secure message (that you create and configure), asking them to send you these students’ CTF files (and physical files if you wish!), giving them all the information they need to do this. (The message is GDPR-compliant because it requires feeder schools to log into our system to get the actual list of students and their DOBs.)
  • Place a ‘tick’ next to each school’s name as they send you the files you need.
  • Send a reminder to those schools that haven’t sent them in yet (especially useful when the Autumn Census deadline looms!!!)

Securely Collecting Transition Data

To ensure your students get the best possible start at their new school, it’s helpful to get as much information from their previous schools as you can. With this tool you can:

  • Customise a form with questions that you want to ask feeder schools and automatically send it to the school automatically online.
  • The form will prompt the students’ previous teachers to briefly (and securely!) send you some information about the attainment of your students – their strengths, their weaknesses, who they work particularly well with, and who their mortal enemies are (useful when deciding tutor groups!)
  • Once the information’s been sent (securely!) back to your school, you can send it on to relevant colleagues such as Heads of Department and your SENCO.
  • If you want, you’ll also be able to import this information directly into your MIS

Smart sorting pupils into Form Groups

There are a number of factors that need to be taken into account when sorting pupils into form groups, such as: Gender balance, Friendship groups, Academic attainment, Special Educational Needs, Ethnicity and Feeder school.

Rather than having to export the data to an spreadsheet and spend hours fiddling around with it. The Form Group Sorting Hat will automatically organise your pupils into groups based on your criteria. You will also be able to fine tune the groups by moving pupils from one group to another.

Specially designed for schools

The Ultimate Year 9 Options Management Software

Collect student data online, generate timetables automatically and seamlessly transfer data back into your favourite MIS in just a few clicks.

Trusted and loved by 1000+ schools and colleges
WHY CHOOSE US
Do you dread options management?
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Manually processing hundreds of paper forms.
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Time-consuming and laborious manually entering data into Excel.
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Hard to read handwriting leads to delays and potential errors.
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Complex class option configuration.
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Spending hours arranging classes into option blocks manually.
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Having to meet requirements that satisfy staff availability and student preferred subject choices.
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Dealing with unhappy students who didn’t get their chosen subjects due to lack of timetable creativity.
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Sending hundreds of emails to students and parents.
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Hard to read handwriting leading to delays and potential errors.
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Dealing with unhappy parents when the process is long and difficult.
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Delays in communication from complex timetabling.
THE SOLUTION!

Streamline Year 9 Options Management

An online system to completely revolutionise your Year 9 Options management.
1. Configuration
2. Option Selection
3. Class Placement
4. Communication
5. Export Data
For Independent and International Schools
STEP ONE

Setup option pathways

Create your subject option pathways by setting special rules for students to follow (e.g., “you must study one language”, or “you must study one humanity”).

Our software ensures students select subjects from the configured option pathways. This reduces student confusion and removes data entry errors and delays.

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Quick and easy to setup option pathways
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Eliminate errors
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Reduce delays caused by confused students
STEP TWO

Students select options online

No need to use paper or basic online forms to collect student data and subject options.

Import students from your MIS automatically into our software. Students receive an email with a secure link allowing them to login and select their option choices according to the configured pathways.

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Students select subject options online
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Follow up any outstanding submissions
For Independent and International Schools
For Independent and International Schools
STEP THREE

Automatic class placement

Here is where the magic happens!

Our system will calculate the best possible arrangement for Year 9 option blocks and maximises the number of students who can study all their choices. Powerful features allow you to adjust the resulting timetable as needs change.

Last-minute resignations? No problem, you can cover various contingencies, and easily move classes from the ‘best’ block to the ‘second-best’ block if timetable clashes become apparent.

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Automatically generate best possible class arrangement
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Quickly answer “What-if” questions
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Quickly see which students aren’t fitting into a particular model
STEP FOUR

Easy communication with students
and parents

No need to manually send emails and letters to parents and students. You can send emails from the system to all students once the class options have been setup. Now students can be notified of the chosen options without delay.
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Email students from the system – no need to leave!
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No more parental complaints of delays
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Send emails to all parents and students with a click
For Independent and International Schools
For Independent and International Schools
STEP FIVE

Export class options into MIS

Transfer all subject choices into your current MIS once you have finished iterating the class option conifugration. We have the best MIS integrations tool that allows you to transfer data in a matter of minutes.
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No manual data entry into MIS
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Data transfer in minutes
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We integrate with your favourite MIS systems

Finally an online management tool to help with managing all the steps of Year 9 options!
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We’re here to save you time and help make your life easier. Our Year 9 Options system will reduce time and admin, contact us today!
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