University and apprenticeship applications, for sixth forms and colleges

See where every student stands.

  • Outleap checks each student against the real requirements and closing dates of the courses and apprenticeships they want.
  • It tells each student the next thing to do.
  • It shows staff who needs them this week.
Maya’s Today screen in Outleap: her next step, for an opportunity her school published, a line saying the grade she entered does not yet meet it, and her closing dates, with UCAS’s deadline of 13 January.
Maya is a demonstration student. Captured from Outleap on 27 September 2026. The new Outleap reaches schools on 2 November 2026. These screens are from it.
  1. One next step What most deserves a student’s attention now, with its date and what to do about it. This is Maya’s screen.
  2. A real requirement, measured A requirement her school set for an opportunity it published, set against the grade she entered.
  3. Real dates Her closing dates are on one line, and so is the deadline for most courses on UCAS, the university application service: 13 January 2027 at 18:00. Course details come from HESA Discover Uni, the official UK dataset of university courses, shown with their source. An apprenticeship’s details and requirements come from its vacancy on Find an apprenticeship, the Department for Education’s service for England, shown with their source.
Where she stands

Measured against what the course asks.

Sociology at the University of Sheffield asks for ABB at A level, and Maya has ABC predicted. Outleap sets her best three against what is asked and names the gap: one grade short, in Chemistry.

Maya is a demonstration student. Drawn from her screen, captured from Outleap on 27 September 2026.
What you see

Every student in one view.

Who has kept nothing yet, who is moving, and who is stuck and where. Most pressing first, with the reason on the row.

The coordinator’s board in Outleap for Outleap Demo Sixth Form: the students who need you this week, most pressing first, each with the reason on the row.
Outleap Demo Sixth Form is a demonstration school, and its students are demonstration students. Captured from Outleap on 27 September 2026.

The three boxes

Each row counts the requirements of the student’s most pressing application.

Met
They meet it.
Not yet
They don’t meet it yet.
Can’t tell
Outleap can’t check it, and doesn’t guess.

What each reason means

Closing with a gap
An application closes within two weeks, and a requirement isn’t met yet.
Overdue
They missed a school deadline for a first draft of their statement or CV.
Due soon
A school deadline for a first draft of their statement or CV is close.
Stuck
An application with a requirement not yet met has had no work on it for two weeks.
Feedback unopened
AI feedback on their personal statement came back, and they haven’t opened it. The days count from when it came back.
Nothing kept
They haven’t kept anything to apply for yet. The row says when they were last active. When everything they kept has ended, the row reads Nothing live.
Feedback late
AI feedback on their personal statement hasn’t come back by the time it was due. The row says when that was.
  1. What staff see, and what stays private Staff see each student’s applications with their status, requirement counts and next step, and every round of feedback on their personal statement. Staff screens never show the grades a student types in, what they looked at and didn’t keep, or their plans. That is a promise Outleap makes to each student where they enter their grades: their school never sees them.
  2. ‘Can’t tell’ is an answer Where Outleap cannot check a requirement against what it knows, it says “Can’t tell”. It does not guess.
  3. The reason is on the row Closing with a gap, nothing kept, stuck: each row says why. You open a student already knowing what to ask.
How it works

It gets to know a student, then shows them the next useful thing to do each time they come back.

Seven steps, week after week. See every step with the real screens

  1. Know me Record subjects, grades (A levels, BTECs, T Levels) and what they’re considering.
  2. Find Browse apprenticeships, the ones matching what they said first, then closing soonest, and courses by subject.
  3. Understand Check what each one asks for against where they are.
  4. Strengthen Plan for a grade gap, back a skill with evidence, and get AI feedback on their statement and CV.
  5. Pursue Apply on the real site, then tell Outleap.
  6. Outcome Prepare for an interview, record an offer, or see what is still open after a no.
  7. Again next week See what changed, and the next thing worth doing.
Said plainly

What it does, and what it will not do.

AI feedback on their own words

AI feedback on a student’s own statement, CV, cover letters and application answers; on the statement, in rounds. Nothing changes in a draft unless the student chooses it. Outleap helps students express their own evidence. It does not write the statement for them.

Real opportunities

About 28,000 UK university courses from HESA Discover Uni’s update of 8 September 2026. Open apprenticeship vacancies across England from Find an apprenticeship. The opportunities your own school or college publishes. Anything else, such as a job, work experience or a college course, a student can add themselves.

Their data

Pupil data is not used to train AI models, by Outleap or its providers. Hosted on Google Cloud in UK and EU regions. Students sign in with their school email address and a password set up with a code from their school. Staff sign in with a link emailed to them.

Your view

Staff can see every round of feedback on a student’s personal statement, and the student’s saved CV, cover letters and answers, with any comment a colleague adds. Grades stay with the student; staff screens show which requirements they meet. A tutor sees only the students assigned to them.

Privacy and data, in full

Questions

What people ask first.

Who is it for?

Sixth forms and colleges. Their students use it to find what comes next, see where they stand and get their applications ready; their staff see who needs them.

Can a student or parent get it on their own?

Students get Outleap through their school or college. A student can’t sign up on their own: their school or college adds them and gives them a code to set up a password. There are no parent accounts; the privacy notice for students and parents is written for both.

Does it write personal statements?

Outleap helps students express their own evidence. It does not write the statement for them. AI feedback on a student’s own statement, CV, cover letters and application answers; on the statement, in rounds. Nothing changes in a draft unless the student chooses it.

Does it replace a careers adviser?

No. Outleap does the checking and keeps track, so a tutor or careers adviser opens a student already knowing what to ask, and spends the time on the conversation.

Does it work alongside our careers platform?

Yes. It needs no link to your other systems: Outleap loads your cohorts and rosters itself. What it adds is the checking: each student against the real requirements and closing dates of what they keep, one next step for them, and the reason on the row for you.

What do staff see?

Staff can see every round of feedback on a student’s personal statement, and the student’s saved CV, cover letters and answers, with any comment a colleague adds. They also see each application’s status and counts, the title of its next step, evidence titles and deadlines. On Outleap’s staff screens, staff see which requirements a student meets, never the grades they typed in, what they looked at and didn’t keep, or their plans. A tutor sees only the students assigned to them.

Does it track teacher references?

No. Outleap does not track teacher references: the school adds its reference in UCAS.

How does a school get started?

Your coordinator emails each student’s full name and school email, by cohort, to hello@outleap.io, and Outleap loads them. Each student then sets up a password with their school email and a code from their school. The coordinator invites your tutors, assigns each student to a tutor and sets your school’s deadlines, and a setup page shows what is done and what is left.

What does it cost?

From £1,500 a year, banded by the size of the year group. Your figure by email within a working day, no call needed. Students get Outleap through their school or college.

What happens to our data if Outleap stops?

When the contract ends, Outleap supports the export or handover of your school’s data, then deletes or returns it, except where the law requires it to be kept. The data processing agreement says so; its template is in the trust pack. To ask about it, email hello@outleap.io.

Who built it

Built by a former Head of Sixth Form.

Jesse Merrigan was a Head of Sixth Form and a Head of UCAS. Outleap is the tool he wanted then: one that knows what each opportunity really asks for, knows where each student really is, and says the next useful thing to do.

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