LEAPS New Online System for 1:1 Interviews

1. LEAPS New Online System for 1:1 Interviews

2. Overview • LEAPS-eligible pupils who intend to apply through UCAS will receive a LEAPS interview. • Interviews take place from August – October each year. • Purpose of the interviews: • To help make students aware of the range of opportunities open to them. • To give help and advice to assist with the decision-making process. • To give students pointers on how to make a successful application. • To raise Pre-Application Enquiries (as appropriate) to help students make best use of their UCAS choices. • LEAPS typically interview 2000+ students across 59 schools.

3. The New System • The interview form is now online. • Teachers have access for monitoring purposes. • Pre-Application Enquiries (PAEs) will be submitted to universities and returned to pupils electronically. • The whole process should be quicker and (hopefully) easier for everybody.

4. www.leapssurvey.org

5. Preparing for LEAPS Interviews - Logistics • You can gather your cohort together or just supply the link and ask them to complete the form in their own time. • Ideally this should be done 7-10 days in advance of the interviews. • Keep in touch – please email LEAPS when your cohort is complete. • LEAPS HQ will print out the completed forms and get them to your school in advance of the interviews. • Stragglers can be added at any time. • LEAPS will monitor this and endeavour to print these forms and give them to the interviewer to take along to your school. • For very last-minute people, we will email a PDF version of the completed form to you to print. • The more pupils you can compel to complete the online form in advance, the smoother the process should be.

6. www.leapssurvey.org/schools – logging in

7. Schools Screen

8. Using the Schools Screen • Interview status pre-interview • Awaiting interview • Record incomplete • There’s only a problem if a student’s name doesn’t appear on the list. In the case of ‘Record incomplete’ we will gather the extra info at interview. • Interview status post-interview • Interview complete • Not eligible • Absent • This list will help you to determine which pupils should have the LEAPS eligibility tag on their UCAS reference.

9. Pre-Application Enquiries (PAEs) • We will raise PAEs for students where appropriate. • If the student is borderline • To help raise confidence • To help them make best use of their 5 UCAS choices • Key focus is getting PAE responses back to students quickly. • PAEs look quite different, but contain all the same info as before. • PAE responses will be sent back to students by email to their personal email account. The LEAPS Link Teacher will be copied in. • LEAPS will also keep a record of PAE responses – please contact us with any queries.

10. Data Policy • All students must agree to our data policy in order to be eligible for LEAPS support. • We want to encourage all students to read the policy carefully and to contact us with any concerns.

11. Over to you… • Pretend to be a student – see what you think of the system. • Pirate name, cartoon character – whatever you like. • Feel free to ask questions.