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NLPG Underpins Pan-London eAdmissions for Schools

NLPG Underpins Pan-London eAdmissions for Schools

The NLPG (National Land and Property Gazetteer) will provide the vital address intelligence behind the updated eAdmissions service for schools across London provided by the London Grid for Learning Trust (LGfL). The LGfL manages this public-facing school admissions service on behalf of the 33 London local authorities, and Surrey County Council. The service, which had previously attracted increasing numbers of parents as the preferred means of securing information, selecting schools, ordering preferences and making an on-line application, is scheduled to go live in September 2009.

This updated LGfL managed service will make it even easier for parents and carers to apply for school places and allows them to search for information and apply online for primary and secondary schools, and in some boroughs for nursery, junior and middle schools. The system only allows one application per child per borough but parents living close to a council border can make another application to the neighbouring borough should they so wish and apply right up to the closing date without having to rely on the post.

Because the new system uses the same NLPG address schema as used by the local authorities the applications can be read straight into their systems considerably reducing the time taken to process them and normally within 5 days. When the applications have been processed by the local authority the offer letters are sent out to parents and the applicant records on the eAdmissions site updated. Parents can then accept offers online and send any relevant documentation using the system.

“We are delighted to be using the NLPG,” said Shamaila Ahmedi, Pan London Admissions Business Operations Manager for LGfL. “The old eAdmissions system suffered from the lack of common address information which made it more difficult to match and process applications. Now we will receive a monthly update of the NLPG to ensure that the new system keeps in synch with the Local Authorities,” continued Shamaila.

Licensing of the NLPG for use by LGfL in the eAdmissions system was facilitated by the London Borough of Brent, as lead authority.

The NLPG is run on behalf of local government by the Improvement and Development Agency (IDeA) with Intelligent Addressing (IA) as the national custodian.

Contacts: Gayle Gander, Head of Marketing,Intelligent Addressing, tel +44 (0)207 747 3500, e-mail: ggander@intelligent-addressing.co.uk
www.intelligent-addressing.co.uk


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