Nursery and school admissions, built in Scotland for Scottish councils.

Parents and carers apply online for nursery, primary and secondary places. Admit matches their preferences to capacity and attendance patterns, at scale. Your team does less admin.

Every placement decision is consistent, explainable and on the record.

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Applications2026/27

ApplicantStatusDOBIntakeFirst ChoiceSecond ChoiceThird Choice

Isla Fraser14 Almond Court, LivingstonSubmitted03/02/2023Autumn IntakePre schoolAlmondbank NurseryMatchedDeans Early Years CentreNot Matched-

Callum Reid2 Mill Road, BathgateSubmitted21/11/2022Autumn IntakePre schoolBathgate West NurseryWaiting ListBoghall Nursery ClassMatchedWindyknowe NurseryNot Matched

Eilidh Munro37 Kirk Lane, LinlithgowSubmitted09/06/2023Spring IntakeAnte pre schoolLinlithgow Bridge NurseryMatchedSpringfield Nursery ClassNot Matched-

Finlay Stewart8 Station Brae, BroxburnSubmitted30/08/2022Autumn IntakePre schoolSplit placementMatchedKirkhill NurseryNot MatchedBroxburn Family CentreNot Matched

Orla Campbell51 Glebe Street, WhitburnSubmitted17/04/2023Spring IntakeAnte pre schoolWhitdale Early YearsWaiting ListPolkemmet Nursery ClassWaiting ListCroftmalloch NurseryMatched

Hamish Grant6 Harburn Drive, West CalderSubmitted12/01/2023Autumn IntakePre schoolParkhead Nursery ClassMatched--

Niamh Paterson23 Main Street, East CalderSubmitted25/09/2022Autumn IntakePre schoolEast Calder NurseryMatchedMid Calder Nursery ClassNot Matched-

Archie Thomson19 Uphall Station Road, LivingstonSubmitted07/03/2023Spring IntakeAnte pre schoolPumpherston Nursery ClassMatchedEast Calder NurseryNot Matched-

Maisie Douglas5 Bridgend Park, BathgateSubmitted28/10/2022Autumn IntakePre schoolBoghall Nursery ClassWaiting ListBathgate West NurseryMatched-

Logan Baxter44 Huntburn Avenue, LinlithgowSubmitted15/05/2023Spring IntakeAnte pre schoolSpringfield Nursery ClassMatched--

Live at West Lothian Council. Built through CivTech, with and for Scottish councils.

West Lothian Council
Developed through CivTech Challenge 7.8
G-Cloud 15 supplier
Cyber Essentials certified

How it works

Apply
Parents and carers apply online, once for each child. They choose their preferences and the attendance pattern they need.
Match
Admit scores every application against your criteria, then matches it to an available place based on capacity, ratios and attendance patterns. Thousands of applications in one run, without weeks of spreadsheet work.
Place
Parents are told the decision, and a refusal comes with its reason. Every decision is logged.

NAMS is not being carried forward.

Here's what that means for your council.

See how Admit replaces NAMS

Replaces and extends NAMS

Applications, allocation and Early Learning and Childcare (ELC) records
Scoring and matching in one run
Funded hours calculation
Parent portal
Partner provider portal
Full audit trail

Why councils choose Admit

Developed through the Scottish Government's CivTech programme. Live at West Lothian Council since 2025.

Built in Scotland, for Scottish rules.
Configured for 1140 hours, split placements and Scottish placing-request law.
Funded hours, calculated for you.
Worked out from each child's attendance pattern, split placements included. No manual sums.
Up and running in weeks.
Bulk upload brings your existing children across. Typically 4 weeks to go-live.
Everyone in one place.
Parents, partner providers and your team on one platform. Every action is logged.

One intake,five points of view.

Everyone works from the same record. Each sees the part that matters to them.

Book a demo

Built with admissions teams, starting with the hard cases. Funded hours are calculated for you. Bulk upload, messaging and reports are in one place.

Admit for admissions teams

Placement decisions you can defend. Funded-hours figures you can stand behind. Priced on application volume, with unlimited users and every feature included.

Admit for leadership and finance

UK-hosted, nothing to install, and works alongside whichever MIS you use. Buy through G-Cloud 15, Softcat or Quick Quote.

Admit for IT and procurement

One login for your funded children, their patterns and your claims. Confirm each child's funding request, and see the funded hours it brings.

Admit for partner providers

Apply online, track progress, and stop phoning the council to ask. One application for each child, with its status at every step.

Admit for parents and carers

Admissions officerRun Matching

Head of Early YearsAllocation Report

IT leadSupplier assessment

Nursery managerFunding List

ParentParent portal

Run Matching

Processing Applications…

612 Applications Processed

Matching took 14 seconds

Matched520
Waiting List55
Not Matched37

1st ChoiceMatched

Score: +41.250

Lives in Local Authority Area+20.000

Has Sibling(s) Attending+12.500

Currently Attending+8.750

No Split Placement0.000

Total+41.250

Allocation Report

Custom Report (demo data)

Export to CSV

Pre schoolSpring Intake

1st Choice
2nd Choice
3rd Choice
Other
None

Pre school1st2nd3rdPrescribedNoneAll

Applications46573251831612

% of Applications76.0%11.9%4.1%2.9%5.1%100%

Supplier assessment

Checking…7 of 7 met

UK-hostedUK-hostedHosting
Cyber Essentials certifiedCyber Essentials certifiedSecurity
Nothing to installNothing to installDelivery
Works alongside your MISWorks alongside your MISIntegration
G-Cloud 15, Softcat, Quick QuoteG-Cloud 15, Softcat, Quick QuoteBuying
Data export on exitData export on exitExit
Contract under Scots lawContract under Scots lawLegal

Rowanbank Nursery

School Year 2026/27 (demo data)

Funding ListLocation DetailsNon Operating Days

NameStatusFunded Hours

Aila M.50 WeeksApproved1140:00ViewEditReject

Rory K.38 WeeksApproved1140:00ViewEditReject

Jamie S.50 WeeksPendingApproved--570:00AcceptRejectConfirm DetailsRejectViewEditReject

Eilidh L.50 WeeksRejected--ViewAccept

School Year 2026/27

Current

Pre schoolApplication ProcessingGranted

WithdrawUpdatePlacement Details

Session Calendar

Monday 17 August

Rowanbank Nursery AM8:00 AM - 12:30 PM

Rowanbank Nursery PM12:30 PM - 5:00 PMPurchased Session

Tuesday 18 August

Rowanbank Nursery In-service dayClosure

From spreadsheets to one admissions platform

Applications families can track. Fewer administrative bottlenecks. Audit trails that make decisions consistent, transparent and defensible.

Read the West Lothian story

children in ELC: ~4,100
council and partner ELC settings: ~106
stages: ELC, primary and secondary: 3

How you buy it

Admit is priced on the number of applications you process each year, not on the number of people who use it. Every feature and every user is included.

All three routes, and how pricing works

G-Cloud 15
Call off directly from the Digital Marketplace listing. No tender to run.
Softcat
If your council already buys through Softcat, you can buy Admit the same way.
Quick Quote
For lower-value contracts, send us a Quick Quote. We price it on your own application numbers.

Support

You talk to the team that builds it

No reseller support desk between you and the people who write the software.

Councils raise change requests and we build them in. That is how Admit grew from ELC to primary and secondary at West Lothian.

Contact the team

All in the licence

Hosting
Security
Patching
Updates
Documentation
Support

A member of the team at work at a desk in the office, by a sunlit window.