Fill Your Places Fast
GCSE results land on 21 August 2026. Thousands of students will need a place that morning. See exactly how many are near your college — and the feeder schools they're coming from.
Results-day recruitment is a strategy, not a scramble.
Why we're doing this · Free for schools and colleges
Based on 2025 GCSE results from 2,200+ Applicaa customer schools — aggregate institution-level counts only, no personal student data shown.
Applicaa Post-16 Clearing is how FE colleges see which students in their catchment are eligible on results day — and message them before they enrol elsewhere.
Post-16 clearing is a strategy, not a scramble. UCAS owns clearing for universities. Applicaa owns it for further education.
Three inputs. One list of students to contact.
Applicaa Post-16 Clearing works the same way UCAS Clearing Plus does for universities — but for post-16, and with the college in the driver's seat.
GCSE results data
Aggregate results from 2,200+ Applicaa feeder schools — grades, subjects, average point score.
Your entry requirements
The grade profile and subject mix your courses actually need — A-levels, BTECs, T Levels.
Your empty places
The courses and cohorts you still have capacity in on results morning.
A ranked, ready-to-message list of eligible students
Sent from your dashboard the moment results drop. Aggregate data only — no personal student information leaves the platform until they respond.
How results day actually plays out.
Thursday 21 August 2026. The morning belongs to students and families. The afternoon is where clearing happens — and where Applicaa Post-16 Clearing gives your college first-mover advantage on every opted-in student.
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08:00Results morning — let it happen
Students collect GCSE results at their feeder school. Families process the news. No outreach yet — this is their moment.
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~11:00Students realise first choice is off the table Timing TBC
Students who didn't hit the grades for their first-choice sixth form or college start looking for alternatives. Some walk in; most start searching from home.
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13:00Clearing opens
Students who haven't secured a place opt in to Applicaa Post-16 Clearing. The moment they do, they appear live on your dashboard — with grades, subjects and postcode.
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13:00 onwardsYou filter and message
Query the live list by whatever matters to your college: "A-level Maths students within 7 miles with a 6+ in Maths GCSE." Send personalised SMS and email straight from the dashboard.
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Afternoon → next dayEmpty places filled
Track opens, replies and confirmed enrolments live. Students who don't respond in the first pass get a follow-up. Most places filled by end of day; the rest by morning.
Example live query at 13:15 on results day
We built this to stop young people falling into NEET — not to make money.
Every August, thousands of 16-year-olds don't get the results they hoped for and slip through the cracks between schools, colleges and providers. Applicaa Post-16 Clearing is our answer to that. It is free for every school and college in the 2026 pilot — no platform fee, no per-student charge, no upsell on results day. Our team and Emma hand-crank it alongside you because getting every young person into a place matters more than a pricing page.
- GCSE catchment data from 2,200+ feeder schools
- Student opt-in flow, seeded across your catchment before results day
- Emma + a real human running results day with you, live
- Every product feature — no gated tiers during the pilot
- 20 minutes to onboard your college
- A named contact on the ground for results day
- Honest feedback that shapes the product
- Willingness to share your results-day story afterwards
- £0. Free for every school and college.
- No platform fee, no per-student charge
- No lock-in, no auto-renewal, no upsell on results day
- We're funding this because fewer NEETs is the point
Applicaa's existing FE customers are automatically enrolled. The 10 open spots are for FE colleges and sixth forms not yet on Applicaa.
Places allocated on a first-come, first-served basis. We may cap the pilot at fewer than 10 colleges if we can't deliver a hands-on results day for every college who applies.
Meet Emma.
Emma is Applicaa's AI agent. During the pilot, she works alongside our team to hand-craft your outreach, chase non-responders, and flag high-priority students in real time — for every pilot college, on every results day.
- Drafts personalised SMS + email in your college's tone of voice
- Ranks opted-in students by fit for your courses in real time
- Chases non-responders automatically inside your rules
- Escalates high-priority conversations to your team as they happen
The pilot is white-glove. Emma is doing the mechanics; a real person from our team is on Slack with you all day.
How it works
Pick your college
Search above. We show the students within 7 miles who may need a place after results day, and the schools they're coming from.
Book a 20-min demo
We walk you through the message-the-moment-grades-drop workflow, tailored to your subject mix and admissions process.
Live before 21 Aug
Sign up and we wire up Applicaa Post-16 Clearing before results morning. You start the day with a queue of warm enquiries, not an empty inbox.
13 founding partners in. 10 spots open.
Updating live as colleges joinExisting Applicaa FE customers are enrolled automatically. Open spots are for FE colleges and sixth forms not currently on Applicaa.
Apply to join the 2026 pilot cohort.
20-minute call. If your college fits and there's a spot open, you're in — with free access to Applicaa Post-16 Clearing for results day 2026 and Emma running the mechanics with you. No fee, no catch: our mission is fewer NEETs, not a bigger invoice.
- £0 for the 2026 pilot — no platform fee, no per-student charge
- No upsell on results day — we won't pitch you while you're recruiting
- Live before 21 August — no changes to your existing MIS
- Emma + a real human on Slack with you all day
- No lock-in, no auto-renewal
Got it — we'll be in touch.