If your child is starting secondary school in September 2027

When to apply: 1 August – 31 October 2026
Find out your school place: 1 March 2027
Start Year 7: September 2027

Applications for Y7-11 will be dealt with on the following basis:

All children whose statement of special educational needs (SEN) or education, health and care (EHC) plan names the school will be admitted before any other places are allocated.

If the school is not over-subscribed, all applicants will be offered a place.

In the event that the school receives more applications than the number of places it has available, places will be given to those children who meet any of the criteria set out below, in order until all places are filled.

1. Highest priority will be given to looked after children and all previously looked after children who apply for a place at the school

2. Children who have an exceptional medical reason or social need. Parents must provide medical or social evidence together with a letter of support from a health or multi-agency professional. The reason for selecting the school must be made clear and the school must be satisfied it can meet those needs.

3. Priority will next be given to children with siblings at the school. Siblings include step siblings, foster siblings, adopted siblings and other children living permanently at the same address. Priority will not be given to children with siblings who are former pupils of the school

4. Children whose home is closest to the school. A child’s home address will be considered to be where he/she is resident for the majority of nights in a normal school week. The distance will be measured by the Local Authority mapping system.

5. Priority will next be given to children of staff at the school, in either of the following circumstances:

a) The member of staff has been employed at the school for two or more years at the time at which the application for admission to the school is made, or
b) The member of staff is recruited to fill a vacant post for which there is a demonstrable skill shortage

In the case of 2 or more applications that cannot be separated by the oversubscription criteria outlined above, where the distance between 2 children’s homes and the school is the same, random allocation will be used to decide between them. This process will be independently verified.

Each individual case will be judged on its merits and the offer of a place may be withdrawn if it is discovered Misleading information has been provided.

If your child’s application for a place at the school is unsuccessful, you will be informed why admission was refused and given information about the process for hearing appeals. Please refer to wirral.gov.uk for the appeals timetable should you wish to appeal, you must set out the grounds for your appeal in writing and send it to following address:

School Appeals

PO Box 290, Brighton Street, Wallasey, CH27 9FQ

Email: secondaryplaces@wirral.gov.uk
Tel. no: 0151 606 2020

You can apply for a place for your child at any time outside the normal admissions round. As is the case in the normal admissions round, all children whose statement of SEN or EHC plan names the school will be admitted.

Likewise, if there are spaces available in the year group you are applying for, your child will always be offered a place.

If there are no spaces available at the time of your application, your child’s name will be added to a waiting list for the relevant year group. When a space becomes available it will be filled by one of the pupils on the waiting list in accordance with the oversubscription criteria listed in policy. Priority will not be given to children on the basis that they have been on the waiting list the longest.

Applications for in-year admissions should be sent to the following address:

School Admissions

PO Box 290, Brighton Street, Wallasey, CH27 9FQ

Email: secondaryplaces@wirral.gov.uk Tel. no: 0151 606 2020

If you require any further information, please do not hesitate to contact us, we will be happy to help.