The February Notebook at the Gate, Replaced
A mother asks about Class 1 on a Tuesday morning. Whether anyone calls her back on Friday should not depend on which clerk took the note.
What an enquiry carries
Where it came from
The gate, a phone call or the website form. By March you know which one is worth the trouble.
The class sought
Class 1 or first year PU, recorded at the first conversation. Your principal sees which class is filling up while the enquiries are still coming in.
A date to call back
Not a promise somebody made. A date on a list the office opens every morning.
What happened next
Enquiries against admissions confirmed, by class. The season stops being a feeling and becomes a count.
From enquiry to student record
When the family applies, the form, the birth certificate and the transfer certificate are attached to the enquiry, even when they arrive on three separate visits. Admission turns the whole thing into the student record, so nobody retypes a name that has already been written down twice. The concession discussed at the gate is applied on the fee plan rather than remembered.
Somebody still has to ring
The list tells your office who to call today and what was said last time. It does not make the call, and a follow-up date that everybody ignores is no better than a notebook. Schools that get value from this give one person the morning list and ask about it at four, which is the actual feature.
Frequently asked questions
Can enquiries come in from our website?
Yes, a website enquiry lands on the same list as one taken at the gate. Your office works one screen rather than a form inbox and a register.
Can we see why we lost admissions this year?
You can see enquiries against admissions confirmed, class by class. Why a family chose another school is a phone call, and the record is where you write down what they told you.
What happens to enquiries that never convert?
They stay on the list for next season. A family that asked about Class 1 in February is often the same family asking about Class 1 a year later.
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