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Application Readiness Audit

A ten-minute self-audit of your sixth form's UCAS 2027 operating model — evidence, drafting, feedback, references, deadlines, AI policy, and parent comms — that ends in a prioritised action list, not a vanity score.

Interactive tool

Your readiness action list

Answer for how your operation runs today. You will get back your weakest areas, ranked, each with a first action. No student data, no statement text.

Result

Answer the seven questions to generate a ranked action list.

The format is known. Execution is the variable

Schools have now run a cycle with the three-question statement, so the format is no longer the hard part. The hard part for 2027 is whether the process around it — evidence, drafts, feedback, references, deadlines, governance, and parent comms — is visible, consistent, and sustainable across a whole cohort.

This audit checks those seven conditions and hands back the specific gaps, ranked. It is built to produce actions, not a headline percentage that flatters or alarms without telling you what to do.

A school-process audit, not a student score

Every question is about how your operation runs, never about a child. It asks for no statement text, no AI outputs, and no sensitive individual data.

  • Student progress visibility across the cohort.
  • Evidence captured before drafting starts.
  • Feedback rhythm and who owns it.
  • Reference readiness and review ownership.
  • Internal deadlines that sit ahead of UCAS.
  • A clear, current AI-use policy.
  • Parent and carer communication.

From audit to operating rhythm

The output ranks your weakest areas and gives a first action for each. Use it to agree owners and dates before September, then revisit it once the season is live.

Prefer a walkthrough

Prefer a practical walkthrough over reading alone?

We can map this guide directly onto your school's post-18 delivery process.

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