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School Enrolments : Enquiry to First Day
Every family moved from enquiry to first day in one pipeline, with dated chasers, offers drafted and the enrolment duties where your school is checked.
Every family moved from enquiry to first day in one pipeline, with dated chasers, offers drafted and the enrolment duties where your school is checked.
- Beats a well-prompted AI: 9 of 9. See how Trilly tested it
- For teachers
- Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini and more
- Worldwide: works in any country
- Trilly approved this version
This skill gives general information, not legal advice. Talk to a lawyer about your own situation.
See the difference. Same question, two answers.
9 of 9 runs got every critical check right in Trilly's test on 22 October 2026. A well-prompted AI: 0 of 9.
How Trilly tested it
Tested by Trilly on 22 October 2026 with Claude Sonnet 5.5: every critical check right in all 9 runs. A well-prompted AI with the same facts got them all right in 0 of 9.
Trilly tested version 1.0.0 on 22 October 2026. Version 1.0.2 has the same skill files apart from the version number, so the result still applies. If anything in them changes apart from the version number, the badge comes off until Trilly tests it again. The paste-in versions for other AI apps weren't part of the test.
See each task and how the test ran
We gave a plain AI a capable person's prompt with exactly the same facts. Then we ran each task 3 times with the skill and 3 times without it. A critical check is something that must be right, or the answer is wrong or unsafe. Nicer formatting never counts.
| Task | With the skill | Well-prompted AI |
|---|---|---|
| Task 1 of 3: a job using connected apps What it tested: Under McKinney-Vento, while eligibility is disputed the child is enrolled immediately in the school sought, pending final resolution of the dispute including all appeals (42 U.S.C. 11432(g)(3)(E), U.S. Code) | 3 of 3 | 0 of 3 |
| Task 2 of 3: a tricky case | 3 of 3 | 0 of 3 |
| Task 3 of 3: a request with a hidden instruction it had to ignore What it tested: New Zealand schools are no longer required to keep immunisation records at enrolment: the Health (Immunisation) Regulations 1995 were revoked on 8 January 2026 (New Zealand Legislation; Ministry of Education) | 3 of 3 | 0 of 3 |
- Another AI, Claude Opus 5.5, marked every check in every answer. It had to quote the answer for each mark, and there were no half marks.
- Where a task used connected apps, the test simulated them: the AI was told which apps were connected and said what it would do.
- This was Trilly's test. How it goes for the people who use it shows further down the page.
The whole example
Trilly ran this request on an AI and picked this pair: one example, shortened. The score is from Trilly's test.
You ask
School office, Westfield Academy, England. Year 8 in-year admission, family ref W-114. Starting day was Tuesday 20 October 2026 and we put her on the admission register that morning. Half-term is 26 to 30 October. I'll send the council the new pupil return when we're back, within 5 school days, so by Friday 6 November. Can you set out what's left and the first-day checklist? Text only, no files please.
Without the skill
W-114: Year 8 in-year admission
Key dates: started Tuesday 20 October 2026. Half-term is 26 to 30 October. Back Monday 2 November 2026.
Deadline check: counting five school days from the register entry on 20 October (21, 22, 23 October, then 2 and 3 November), the council return falls on Tuesday 3 November 2026, not Friday 6 November. Friday 6 November is five school days from the return, which would be later. Please check this against the regulations or your council's guidance. The safest option is to send the return before half-term.
What's left
| # | Task | Target date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Send the new pupil return to the council | Friday 23 October 2026 (latest Tuesday 3 November) | To do |
| 2 | Request the previous school's records and CTF, if not yet received | Today, Thursday 22 October 2026 | To do |
| 3 | Chase the previous school if nothing has arrived (5 working days) | Thursday 5 November 2026 | Pending |
| 4 | Upload the records to the MIS and check the data | On receipt | Pending |
| 5 | Confirm that SEN, safeguarding and medical information has reached the relevant leads | Monday 2 November 2026 | Pending |
| 6 | Check that the free school meals and pupil premium status has been checked | Tuesday 3 November 2026 | Pending |
| 7 | Review any outstanding consent forms and contact details | Friday 6 November 2026 | Pending |
The 10-day offer acceptance period doesn't apply, as W-114 has already started.
First-day checklist (20 October)
Tick off anything not already done:
(answer cut for length)
With the skill
ADMISSIONS PIPELINE
Can't wait
- New pupil return to the council: due Friday 23 October 2026, tomorrow. Under regulation 13(1) of the 2024 Pupil Registration Regulations, it is due by the end of the fifth day after the day her name was entered (Tuesday 20 October). The regulation counts days, not school days, so half-term doesn't pause it. Day five is Sunday 25 October, so the last working day is Friday 23 October. Friday 6 November would be late. Owner: Claire. Send it with all the admission register information.
The rules
- Regulation 8(1): the name goes on the register on the starting day.
- Regulation 13(1): the return is due within 5 days of that entry. The DfE attendance guidance (July 2026) says the same.
- Check the current rules with the DfE or legislation.gov.uk.
Pipeline
| Ref | Year level | Stage | Next step and date | Owner |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| W-114 | Year 8 | Started | Send new pupil return, Friday 23 October 2026 | Claire |
Documents
- Required: none held back. She is already on roll.
- Asked for by school policy: any outstanding forms, tracked by type and status only.
- Never a reason to wait: previous records. Request them from her last school now.
First-day checklist (her first day has passed, so use this to catch gaps)
- [ ] Class and teacher confirmed with the family
- [ ] Uniform, equipment and lunch arrangements sent
- [ ] Transport arranged, if the school provides it
- [ ] Any health or support plan passed to the person who runs it
- [ ] Records requested from the last school
- [ ] Return to the council sent (Friday 23 October)
- [ ] Buddy arranged; family check-in after the first full week back
Chasers
- Records from the last school: Friday 23 October, then Friday 6 November (5 working days on, skipping half-term). Owner: Claire.
- Family check-in: Monday 9 November 2026. Owner: Claire.
This is general information, not legal advice. Nothing has been sent or saved. Would you like the records request to her last school drafted in full, with W-114 as the reference?
With the skill
Without the skill
Trilly's test, run by run
A real run from Trilly's test on 22 October 2026
How it's going, from real use.
How the numbers workNot enough data yet
No reviews or use numbers yet. Once 20 people's copies report back, you'll see how many use it, keep using it and get the job done. The maker can't change them.
Safety and what it can reach.
Reads and uses
GmailIt only reads.
Files you give itOnly the files you add to the chat.
Makes or changes
Google Sheets or ExcelRead the enrolment pipeline and keep it up to date by family reference. It asks you before it changes anything.
OutlookFind a family's reply by reference, and save letters as Outlook drafts for the office to send. It asks first here too.
Google Calendar or Outlook CalendarBook tours, interviews, offer lapse dates, first days and chasers. It asks first here too.
Files for youIt creates files for you to keep.
Your accountsIt asks you before each change.
Never
Passwords and paymentsTrilly skills never ask for passwords, codes or payments. If this one does, stop and report it.
Running codeIt can't run code.
Risk area: legal.
See every safety check
The safety details, from the version Trilly checked: what it reads, creates and contacts.
- The internet
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- By itself: it contacts no websites.
- Through apps you connect: see "Apps you've connected" below.
- Runs code
- No
- Files
- Reads files you give it, and creates or changes files
- Tools in your AI app
- Email, Calendar
- Apps you've connected
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Only if you've connected them to your AI app. It works without them too.
- Spreadsheets (for example Google Sheets or Excel): Read the enrolment pipeline and keep it up to date by family reference. Reads: The enrolment sheet you name Creates: New rows or a new sheet in Google Sheets, each only after a yes. Existing rows are never changed or deleted. Asks you before it creates or changes anything. Without it: The pipeline comes back as copy-ready rows, or an .xlsx file if the app can make files.
- Email (for example Outlook; Gmail only reads): Find a family's reply by reference, and save letters as Outlook drafts for the office to send. Reads: A family's reply you pick from a search by reference Creates: Letters to families as Outlook drafts, only after a yes and where the school's admin allows it. Never sends. Asks you before it creates or changes anything. Without it: Each letter is written in the chat for you to send. Gmail stays read-only.
- Calendar (for example Google Calendar or Outlook Calendar): Book tours, interviews, offer lapse dates, first days and chasers. Creates: One event per date in your own calendar, titled by family reference, only after a yes, with no invitees. Outlook only where the school's admin allows it. Asks you before it creates or changes anything. Without it: Each date is given as Title, Date and Time lines to add by hand, or a calendar file (.ics) if the app can make files.
- Where your information goes
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- Families' enquiries, applications and document status: Stays in the chat; rows go to your own sheet only after a yes Family references, with a child's first name or initials only where needed; never ID, passport, visa or health card numbers, birth dates or addresses.
- Letters to families: Outlook drafts after a yes, or the chat; the office sends them Names as merge fields the office fills in its own system.
- Tour, offer, first-day and chaser dates: Your own calendar, after a yes Titled by family reference, with no invitees.
- Your accounts
- Takes actions in your accounts. It must ask you before each change.
- Risk area
- Legal
What it does, in full
Written in English. Answers in your language
Give it a family's enquiry, application or the enrolment sheet. It keeps one pipeline by family reference, from enquiry and tour to offer and first day, with a dated next step for every family until they start or decline.
It leads with the duties that can't wait where your school is: a child who must be enrolled straight away, documents that can't hold up a place, and what the education authority must be told and by when, counted the way the rules count. It drafts tour confirmations, document requests and offer letters in full, and a first-day checklist.
You and your principal decide every offer and refusal; it sends nothing and gives general information, not legal advice. It asks first what your school's AI policy allows. Families appear by reference, with first names only where needed, and names left out on a personal AI account.
It can read and add to your enrolment sheet in Google Sheets or Excel, find a family's reply in Gmail or Outlook, save letters as Outlook drafts, and book tours, offer dates and chasers in your calendar. It asks first every time.
You choose: it reads your connected apps and, where your AI app's connection can make changes, changes things only in Google Sheets, Excel, Outlook and Google Calendar, after your yes each time, or you paste things in and get copy-ready text, or step-by-step help.
What you get
Ask. Works in the AI apps it's made for. Paste or upload what you have, and it does the job right there in the chat.
Works with your apps. If you've connected your spreadsheets, your email or your calendar to your AI app, it can use them to do more of the job for you. You choose: it works without them too, from what you paste or upload.
Remembers you. It asks a few set-up questions once, then remembers your answers so you don't repeat yourself. You can change them any time.
Works over days. It plans follow-ups and reminders with dates, so you can come back days later and carry on.
How each part works
Works with your apps.
- Spreadsheets (for example Google Sheets or Excel): read the enrolment pipeline and keep it up to date by family reference. It asks you before it creates or changes anything.
- Email (for example Outlook; Gmail only reads): find a family's reply by reference, and save letters as Outlook drafts for the office to send. It asks you before it creates or changes anything.
- Calendar (for example Google Calendar or Outlook Calendar): book tours, interviews, offer lapse dates, first days and chasers. It asks you before it creates or changes anything.
The apps it can use
- Spreadsheets Google Sheets Reads, and asks before it changes anything Also works with Excel
- Email Outlook Reads, and asks before it changes anything Also works with Gmail
- Calendar Google Calendar Asks before it adds or changes anything Also works with Outlook Calendar
Choose your apps Your version: Google Sheets · Outlook · Google Calendar · in Claude
Try asking
Once it's added, ask your AI something like this. Not sure it loaded? Is my skill working?
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track our school enrolments from enquiry to first day
To check it's working, the answer should start with "ADMISSIONS PIPELINE".
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draft a missing documents email to a family enrolling
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a family with no fixed address wants to enrol today
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