Online admissions: from public form to merit list without a spreadsheet

Admission season has a way of turning into a shared spreadsheet with fourteen tabs and no version history. The fix is not a better spreadsheet.

The public form

You publish an application form from the admission module — no developer needed. Applicants upload birth certificates and transcripts directly, and the files land against the applicant record rather than in an inbox.

Fees at the point of application

Application fees collect online through the payment gateway you have already configured for tuition. Reconciliation is automatic, which removes the usual end-of-season argument about who actually paid.

Merit lists that survive scrutiny

Define the weighting once — previous results, entrance test score, sibling priority, catchment — and the list generates from it. Every applicant record shows exactly which rule contributed how many points, so when a parent asks why their child placed 41st, you can show them.

Waiting lists roll forward automatically as offers lapse.