11th October | Royal National Hotel

Sixth Form Admissions, Enrolment,
And Marketing Leadership Conference

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Conference Agenda

Time
Sessions
What to expect
Speakers & Panelists
9:30 - 9:45 15 mins
Registration
Arrive, register, coffee, breakfast, network, speak with exhibitors
9:45 - 9:55 10 mins
Welcome
Welcome & Introductions to Guest Speakers.
  • Antony Wambua

    Chief Operating Officer

    Applicaa LTD
  • Guthrie Denniston

    Co-Founder and CEO

    Applicaa LTD
9:55 - 10:05 10 mins
The Applicaa Story and the Future of Sixth Form Admissions

What were the challenges Jeremy was facing with his Sixth Form Admissions process?

How does Jeremy see Sixth Form Admissions evolving over the next 5-10 years?

  • Jeremy Dudman Jones

    Assistant Head Teacher

    Greenford High School
  • Guthrie Denniston

    Co-Founder and CEO

    Applicaa LTD
10:05 - 10:25 20 mins
Running the perfect Open Evening
A panel discusses strategies for ensuring your Sixth Form Open Evening is a roaring success: from Marketing, through to Logistics and the After Care.
  • Anna Heywood

    Finance and Admissions Administrator

    Bristol Cathedral School
10:25 - 10:45 20 mins
Want to convert more Applicants into Enrolled students?

Sonya D'Arcy-Kilroy was part of the team that launched a new design and engineering college, the London Design & Engineering UTC (LDE UTC). This cutting-edge technical college is located on the Royal Docks, with panoramic views of London City Airport.

Since its opening in 2016, LDE UTC has become a highly sought-after institution, consistently oversubscribed each year. Converting applicants into students has been the key to the schools growing and flourishing.

Come and listen Sonya share her secrets on how to improve your application conversion rates.

  • Sonya D-Arcy-Kilroy

    Marketing, Events, Learner Admission & Wellbeing Lead

    London Design & Engineering UTC
10:45 - 10:50 5 mins
Applicaa Products and Offers
Introduction to the Applicaa Products with Katie Hullah (Head of Sales) and Exciting Event Offers
  • Katie Hullah

    Head of Sales

    Applicaa LTD
10:50 - 11:20 30 mins
Morning Break
Networking, live product demos and meeting exhibitors.
11:20 - 11:30 10 mins
Sponsor Pitch

How Diverse Futures enables social mobility through supporting state-educated young people and hiring solely on character, attitude and an aptitude for learning.

Keith will also explain how Diverse Futures prepares apprentices for their transition into the working world and how they are supported once their careers begin.

  • Keith Conway

    CEO

    Diverse Futures
11:30 - 12:00 30 mins
Enrolment Day Panel Discussion
How to run a slick Enrolment Day:

Have you ever wondered how other Sixth Forms run their Enrolment Day? Have you ever compared notes with other Heads of Sixth Form on the most efficient ways of managing arguable ONE if not THE most stressful day of the year.

  • Strategies to run a slick Enrolment Day
  • Do you invite all student in onsite?
  • How many staff members do you have?
  • When do you train these staff members?
  • How do you handle waiting lists?
  • When do you invite external students in?
  • How do you handle students who haven’t made the grade for your Sixth Form?
  • Do you import the Internal Grades the day before?
  • Do you use Applicaa on Prem App or the Cloud version? What are the pros and cons? or both option?
  • Robin Dearing

    Data & Systems Manager

    St Dominic's Sixth Form College
  • Tom Kennedy-Fowler

    Co-Headteacher

    Urmston Grammar Academy
  • Nathan Hatch

    IT & Operations Manager and Data Protection Officer

    London Academy of Excellence Tottenham
  • Guthrie Denniston

    Co-Founder and CEO

    Applicaa LTD
12:00 - 12:25 25 mins
Centralising Your Year 11 References & Reporting On Their Destination
Deep dive into problems schools are facing:
  • Are you sick and tired of writing different references?
  • Where are your year 11s going?
  • How easy is it to report on where they are going?
  • Who do you share these reports with?
  • How do you currently manage this process?
An Introduction to ApplicaaOne:
  • Why ApplicaaOne?
  • What is it?
  • How does it work?
  • Celine Nembhard

    Careers and Enrichment Lead

    Deptford Green School
  • Antony Wambua

    Chief Operating Officer

    Applicaa LTD
12:25 - 12:30 5 mins
Applicaa Customer Success and Support
Lucy Curtis joins us to give you information on how schools are onboarded, trained and supported.
  • Lucy Curtis

    Head of Onboarding

    Applicaa LTD
12:30 - 13:15 45 mins
Lunch
Networking, live product demos and meeting exhibitors.
13:15 - 13:35 20 mins
A bird in the Hand is worth two in the bush

Engaging high attainers & retaining internals

  • How can you influence your best and brightest Year 11 students to stay for Sixth Form?
  • We know our existing year 11s are ours to lose. In a world of more and more options, competing Sixth Form provision, and the bright lights of the Colleges it is not easy.
  • Leveraging psychology and behavioral science Jeremy has got his strategy down to a fine art.
  • Jeremy Dudman Jones

    Assistant Head Teacher

    Greenford High School
13:35 - 14:00 25 mins
Managing Taster Days in the Summer Term
How Applicaa streamlined the planning, booking, and improved attendance of my Taster Days.
  • Sam Gale

    Ks5 Progress Manager

    Central Foundation Girls’ School
  • Lucy Curtis

    Head of Onboarding

    Applicaa LTD
14:00 - 14:15 15 mins
Getting off to a great start at Sixth Form

Tips and hints about creating the conditions for new Sixth Formers to thrive on their first day; and first weeks; month in a new Sixth Form.

September is the month of flux. It’s not over once the student is in. We know it only counts financially if the students stay until after October Census so we can’t become complacent. It’s super important to make sure that new students have a great first month.

Learn from fellow Sixth Form, about the pastoral and academic tactics and strategies the employ to help the their new learners feel a sense of belonging, welcome and at home, in their new learning environment.

From our research 10% to 30% of young people switch Sixth Form within the first month.

  • Tom Maric

    Former AHT & Head of Sixth Form

    Bentley Wood High School for Girls
14:15 - 14:25 10 mins
MatchingHub

Imagine University Clearing but for Sixth Form.

Never have another sleepless night about whether your Sixth Form will be full or not.

Come and learn how you can always make sure you’re full & fully funded!

  • Antony Wambua

    Chief Operating Officer

    Applicaa LTD
14:25 - 14:40 15 mins
Managing the funding for disadvantaged students

How to leverage the bursary Fund?

How can you utilise the fund to make sure your most disadvantaged Sixth Formers thrive in Sixth Form?

  • Suki Gill

    16-19 Curriculum and Funding Adviser

    HFL Education
14:40 - 14:50 10 mins
Bursary16+
Hear from Amanda who managed Bursaries for 4 Schools in a MAT which led to the development of B16+
  • Amanda Grainger

    Customer Success Director

    Applicaa LTD
14:50 - 14:55 5 mins
Thank you
  • Antony Wambua

    Chief Operating Officer

    Applicaa LTD
  • Guthrie Denniston

    Co-Founder and CEO

    Applicaa LTD
14:55 - 15:00 5 mins
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Networking, live product demos and meeting exhibitors.

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