HSC Support
Schools admission management
Access software for Schools Admission Management is designed to make the process of applying for a child’s place at school, simple fast and efficient, saving time for local, schools and parents.
Parents can apply for school places online, which also saves data entry time for local authorities and schools.
Our software manages the admissions, transfers and appeals processes across all schools at the key stages in a child’s educational journey, from nursery to secondary, along with transfers and in-year admissions.
Why use our schools admission management software?
Our school management software records details of school capacities, applications for places, decisions and automatic allocations based on specified criteria against admissions policies.
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Admission management software features
Comprehensive admissions management
A comprehensive solution that records details of school capacities, attendance applications, appeals and placements.
Offering a comprehensive online schools admission system:
- Allows for powerful and flexible search and selection of school place applications, efficient bulk processing based on the admissions criteria for either the local authority or the individual school
- Choose to use it stand alone or as a part of the integrated suite of software.
User friendly parent portal
Parents can apply for school places online with the user-friendly Parent Portal, which can also be accessed on mobile devices for busy parents on the go.
- Parents can find the information they need and choose their preferences quickly.
- Validations are in place to help them enter the correct information.
- Parents are also kept up-to-date with their application and able to accept/decline offers and appeal decisions.
Schools Access
- Our Schools Access system enables schools to view pupil applications, including all the information supplied via the Parent Portal, which schools download securely for import into their systems at the end of the enrolment process.
- Own Admissions Authority Schools can rank applicants online with the local authority able to see this in real-time.
- Primary Schools can assess whether pupils have made preferences so that they can support parents where necessary.
Electronic data exchange
Our Electronic Data Exchange Module (EDEM) is the best available solution to support co-ordinated admissions and transfers.
- It consists of user-friendly, wizard-based tools to handle the import and export of all Department for Education prescribed files.
- Online modules are available for pupils to apply for school places and for schools to manage applications, with real e-government applications that benefit both the applicants and the local authority.
Geographical information system
- The Geographical Information System (GIS) software extension retrieves catchment area data for applicants and generates catchment-based preferences.
- GIS for school management gives your school an online distance measurement, in straight line routes, shortest calculated routes and safe walking routes, including details of catchment areas and nearest school type details.
Software to support education management
Education support software
Education support modules help you to maximise our education management system, and to provide better care, safeguarding and support for pupils and their families
Family information services
Helps you to manage childcare information and service directories to increase efficiencies and provide better support to parents and carers.
