--- title: How to set red flag and colour code settings for use at enrolment description: This guide will tell you how to set school entry requirements in the application form, to use at enrolment. --- [Skip to content](https://helpdesk.applicaa.com/how-to-set-school-entry-requirements#main-content) ![APPLICAA_LOGO-1024x350-4.png\]](https://helpdesk.applicaa.com/hs-fs/hubfs/APPLICAA_LOGO-1024x350-4.png?height=40&name=APPLICAA_LOGO-1024x350-4.png) Open main navigation Close main navigation Hello, how can I help? - There are no suggestions because the search field is empty. 1. [Applicaa Knowledge Base](https://helpdesk.applicaa.com/?hsLang=en) 2. [Course 9 - Sixth Form Enrolment](https://helpdesk.applicaa.com/course-9-sixth-form-enrolment?hsLang=en) 3. [Preparing your system for enrolment day](https://helpdesk.applicaa.com/course-9-sixth-form-enrolment?hsLang=en#preparing-your-system-for-enrolment-day) # How to set red flag and colour code settings for use at enrolment ## This guide will tell you how to set school entry requirements in the application form, to use at enrolment. You can set your flagging system so that students who are not meeting your school requirements at enrolment are clearly flagged by the system for your teachers. Navigate to **Settings > Enrolment Navigator** and access step 4: Grade Requirements, then scroll to the **Enrolment Red Flag Settings** section.  ![](https://helpdesk.applicaa.com/hs-fs/hubfs/image-png-Apr-09-2026-02-10-24-2680-PM.png?width=328&height=692&name=image-png-Apr-09-2026-02-10-24-2680-PM.png) Here, you can set **Specific** and **General** Requirements as well as **Average** and **Total Point Score **requirements.  ![](https://helpdesk.applicaa.com/hs-fs/hubfs/image-png-Apr-09-2026-02-11-04-2629-PM.png?width=1772&height=294&name=image-png-Apr-09-2026-02-11-04-2629-PM.png)   You should calculate your **APS **and/or **TPS **requirements based on your entry policy and these can then be typed into the boxes as shown above. You can add one, both or neither (leave at 0 if not using).  Here is an example of setting your **general requirements.** In this example, students must have five GCSEs at grade six. Click the edit icon to add your requirements like so:   ![](https://helpdesk.applicaa.com/hs-fs/hubfs/image-png-Apr-09-2026-02-12-19-0754-PM.png?width=990&height=317&name=image-png-Apr-09-2026-02-12-19-0754-PM.png) The default option is set to **"all grades"**. This will mean any GCSE grades a student adds in their education step will be taken into account, in the example shown above. You can change this to **"average of top grades"** instead, so it will only consider the highest grades a student has listed.  You can also add extra qualifications in the **"type"** field, so you could ask it to take GCSEs and BTECs into consideration, for example.  The **"Grade/Average Grade Score Required"** field enables you to specify either that a certain number of Grade 6s, for example, is required; or that in the case of taking an average of their grades, their grades must average out to 6.0.  The **"Number/Number of Student's top grades used"** field allows you to set how many qualifications they need to achieve at a certain grade (if using the All Grades setting) or how many of their grades (from highest to lowest) should count in calculating their average (if using the Average of Top Grades setting).   You can also add **specific requirements**, which are filtered from your **Specific Requirements** area (**Settings > Subject Options > Specific Requirements**). For example, if you need all applicants to have a Grade 4 or above in English Language and Maths, you could set that up as a specific requirement like so, and it would then be available for you to select in your enrolment settings area.  ![](https://helpdesk.applicaa.com/hubfs/image-png-Dec-01-2022-08-56-42-4730-AM.png) ![](https://helpdesk.applicaa.com/hubfs/image-png-Dec-01-2022-08-54-10-4543-AM.png) Any student who does not meet this criteria on results day/at the point of enrolling will be labelled with a red flag in your **Details to be Checked** area.  ![](https://helpdesk.applicaa.com/hubfs/image-png-Dec-01-2022-08-57-37-6219-AM.png) ![](https://helpdesk.applicaa.com/hubfs/image-png-Dec-01-2022-08-59-12-0697-AM.png) In addition to the Red Flag settings, you can also set your system to colour-code applicants based on meeting the specific requirements of the courses they have opted for. This works by checking each applicant's subject choices against any specific criteria you have put in place: Green = student meets all requirements for all selected courses Amber = students meet the requirements for some of their selected courses Red = students have not met any of your specific entry requirements for the courses they have chosen ![](https://helpdesk.applicaa.com/hubfs/image-png-Dec-01-2022-08-59-52-2207-AM.png) ![](https://helpdesk.applicaa.com/hubfs/image-png-Dec-01-2022-09-00-10-9552-AM.png) ![](https://helpdesk.applicaa.com/hubfs/image-png-Dec-01-2022-09-00-29-4337-AM.png) The colour-coding comes into effect when you have the setting "Would you like to prevent applicants from choosing subjects for which they do not meet the entry requirements?" set to **no**, so that students can select any courses, regardless whether or not they qualify. When  teachers come to see the students in the **Details to be Checked **area, they'll have the colour coding to show them whether students meet the requirements or not. ![](https://helpdesk.applicaa.com/hs-fs/hubfs/image-png-Apr-09-2026-02-15-33-5498-PM.png?width=1382&height=224&name=image-png-Apr-09-2026-02-15-33-5498-PM.png) **Note:** If you have "Would you like to prevent applicants from choosing subjects for which they do not meet the entry requirements?" set to **yes**, students can only select courses for which they meet the criteria, so the colour-coding is then not activated, because effectively students can only select courses for which they qualify, so everything would be green anyway.  - 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