Where do your Year 11s go next? Destination Tracking and Referencing, now free for every school

Every secondary school knows the Year 11 chase. By the summer you are trying to answer two questions: who has applied and who hasn't, and has every reference been sent?

Destination Tracking and Referencing now help with both, and they are free for every school, for good.

Why this matters now

NEET means not in education, employment or training. Almost one in eight young people are now NEET, and the Milburn Review warns that could reach one in six within five years, or 1.25 million young people (Schools Week, 27 May 2026). In July the government began giving councils a Risk of NEET Indicator to spot vulnerable teenagers earlier (GOV.UK, 2 July 2026). Schools, councils and employers all need a clearer picture, sooner.

A school without a sixth form hands its Year 11s to colleges, sixth forms and apprenticeships it may never hear from again. Without a clear view of where each student ends up, it is hard to spot who has not secured a place.

What you get

• One place for students' next steps. ApplicaaOne is a free platform where students research, compare and apply for sixth forms and colleges, with AI-powered search and saved options, from Year 10 right through to their applications.
• Destination Tracking. See who has applied, who has an offer and who has not yet secured a place, so you can step in earlier with the students who have not. At the top you get your total students and how many are engaged and applying. Below that is a table of every student with their destination type, destination and status.
• Referencing. Write each reference once, from a single template built from more than 800 sixth form and college forms, and reuse it across applications.

How it works

1. Add your Year 10s and Year 11s. Any applications they make through the ApplicaaOne network then show up automatically in Destination Tracking.
2. See where everyone is. Applied, offer, or not yet secured a place, in one view.
3. Write each reference once. Reuse it across every application instead of starting again.

How to start

Setting up a free account takes just minutes. Claim yours, add your colleagues, then import your Year 11s and, if you wish, invite them to ApplicaaOne.

Claim your free account

Already use Applicaa for sixth form applications? Both tools are already in your account. Log in and open Applicaa Futures in the left-hand menu.

Prefer to see it first? Join Mandy and Elena for a 30-minute walkthrough at 11:00 on Tuesday 3 November. Can't make it? Register anyway and we will send you the recording.

Three quick answers

Is it really free? Yes. Destination Tracking and Referencing are free for every school, for good.

Do I need Admissions+? Your free account opens both tools inside Admissions+, and the rest of Admissions+ stays locked until you want more, such as applications and enrolment on the same platform.

How long does it take? Setting up takes just minutes.